Journalists can enhance their articles with multimedia in only a few minutes?
Posted by Carolyn Lo on March 17, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Should journalists specialize in one particular news format or do they have timeto undertake other forms of multimedia to complement their stories? Mercury News' Lisa Fernandez recently made a video for her story about a toddler who died in a pond, simply by shooting the pond from different angles and adding the sound of running water when piecing the shots together.
"Didn't take me more than a few minutes" to shoot the video, Fernandez writes in the News Videographer blog. "I needed to look at the area anyway, to describe in words, for my story."
For longer features, Fernandez tells her editor in advance so she can have an extra day to make the video. She can make a 2 minute video in an hour or two.
Making multimedia complements doesn't need to rival documentaries. Journalists can add deeper understanding to a story by spending only a few minutes with minimal equipment.
Source: SPJ
"Didn't take me more than a few minutes" to shoot the video, Fernandez writes in the News Videographer blog. "I needed to look at the area anyway, to describe in words, for my story."For longer features, Fernandez tells her editor in advance so she can have an extra day to make the video. She can make a 2 minute video in an hour or two.
Making multimedia complements doesn't need to rival documentaries. Journalists can add deeper understanding to a story by spending only a few minutes with minimal equipment.
Source: SPJ
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