Archive for the 'video reporting' Category
The ABC TV network in the US has begun advertising for video journalists, after major staff cuts at the start of March. According to internal job postings reported by Broadcasting and Cable magazine, ABC has “multiple openings” for digital journalists who will need to be able to shoot their own video, produce, write and deliver [...]
YouTube and the Pulitzer Center in the USA have launched a contest designed to unearth great news videographers. Mojos are encouraged to enter. Contestants have until October 5 to submit a news clip of up to three minutes. These must focus on stories traditional media have overlooked or ignored. The Pulitzer Center will select 10 [...]
The Mastering Multimedia blog is worth monitoring. See this excellent post in June about opening images. The first sentence says it all: “Finding a good opening to your video is critical”. Another excellent video resource is the Newsvideographer site.
JD Lasica produces an excellent site, OurMedia, that incorporates lots of video. Watch it to see clear and professional content.
Very useful interview with Travis Fox, VJ with The Washington Post, at the Poynter site. Worth a read for the tips that Fox offers.
Read this magazine by David Dunkley Gyimah for a wealth of information about video journalism.
Not entirely related to the mojo concept, but Editor & Publisher has an interesting piece about how some newspapers are putting mobile reporters into the community.
Chet Rhodes, assistant managing editor for news video at washingtonpost.com, likened the news organisation of the future to a stool with three legs, with video as the third. “Right now we’re all learning how to build the third leg of that stool so we can sit on it.” Rhodes offers tips on using video. As of late April [...]