Comments on: Teaching video to reporters http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:54:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bryan Murley http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/#comment-5020 Bryan Murley Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:24:50 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/#comment-5020 <em>I find students need a lot of work on thinking of the right questions to ask!</em> You said a mouthful, there, Mindy. It's not the first-level questions that seem to trip them up (how much money did you spend?), but the second- (where did it come from?) and third-level (where did it go?) questions. :-) I find students need a lot of work on thinking of the right questions to ask!

You said a mouthful, there, Mindy. It’s not the first-level questions that seem to trip them up (how much money did you spend?), but the second- (where did it come from?) and third-level (where did it go?) questions. :-)

]]> By: Mindy http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/#comment-5014 Mindy Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:44:21 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/#comment-5014 Good point, Bryan. I think it depends on the newsroom, the editor, and the experience of the reporter. If I had a green one who wasn't coming back with the right sources, the next time, I would tell her whom to talk to before she went out. Or rather, I would do a Q&A with her to teach her how to think about the right people to talk to, and how to get them, and what to ask. I find students need a lot of work on thinking of the right questions to ask! Good point, Bryan. I think it depends on the newsroom, the editor, and the experience of the reporter. If I had a green one who wasn’t coming back with the right sources, the next time, I would tell her whom to talk to before she went out. Or rather, I would do a Q&A with her to teach her how to think about the right people to talk to, and how to get them, and what to ask.

I find students need a lot of work on thinking of the right questions to ask!

]]> By: Bryan Murley http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/#comment-5000 Bryan Murley Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:52:34 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/#comment-5000 <em>just as we coach our print stories before they’re written.</em> Do we really "coach" our print stories before they're written, or do we coach them after they come to us in first draft? I have to admit that I never had an editor "coach" a story before I'd submitted something in first draft. I don't think this video edit was much more than that first draft. Just some thoughts. I like where you're going with this, however. just as we coach our print stories before they’re written.

Do we really “coach” our print stories before they’re written, or do we coach them after they come to us in first draft? I have to admit that I never had an editor “coach” a story before I’d submitted something in first draft. I don’t think this video edit was much more than that first draft.

Just some thoughts. I like where you’re going with this, however.

]]> By: The Snark Report › Quickie: Video production time http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/#comment-4998 The Snark Report › Quickie: Video production time Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:10:14 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/teaching-video-to-reporters/#comment-4998 [...] add to yesterday’s post, here’s a bit from Mindy McAdams’s blog about production times. Basically it all hinges on preparing the reporter adequately before the [...] [...] add to yesterday’s post, here’s a bit from Mindy McAdams’s blog about production times. Basically it all hinges on preparing the reporter adequately before the [...]

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