Chet Rhodes talks about Washington Post video
Tuesday, June 10, 2008From Beet.tv:
The reporters in the print newsroom are integrating video shooting into their normal, everyday storytelling, Chet says.
Archive for the “training” category
First day with Soundslides
Wednesday, June 4, 2008The journalists in the training session here in Saigon have impressed me with their enthusiasm.
Have a look at this Soundslides created by Nguyen Tien Giang of the Saigon Times on Tuesday night. He recalled this photo essay by one of the newspapers reporters (yeah, not a photojournalist) and persuaded another colleague (one in my workshop) […]
Before they can run, they must learn how to walk
Wednesday, April 23, 2008I was recently reminded that not every person who uses a computer every day understands the instruction “Minimize that window.”
I watched someone hesitate for a really long time after I said that. Eventually I realized that I had to tell him how to do it, and even what it meant.
Now, don’t get all highfalutin and […]
Newsroom training
Friday, April 18, 2008I’ll be in the Orlando Sentinel newsroom today, doing a bit of basic training (blogging; audio) for a variety of reporters.
See the outline.
The reporter’s audio gear list
Wednesday, April 16, 2008I saw this idea on someone else’s blog (I forget whose) and thought it a brilliant way to keep an up-to-date gear list that’s easy to share with others:
B&H WishList: Audio Gear (Mindy)
Please do not try to buy gear for me — it’s a “wishlist” for other people, not for me!
The one thing you can’t […]
Better writers needed (and fewer editors)
Friday, April 11, 2008Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Good writing remains one of the stalwart needs in the journalism field.
Read this in the context of slashing the number of editors that stand (often belligerently) between a story and the audience.
The layers of editing newspapers lavish on stories have long been regarded an essential safety net. […]
Take a break and learn some new tricks
Saturday, April 5, 2008“Want to step away from the daily deadlines and learn new ways to tell powerful visual stories? By combining the best of public affairs reporting with the latest in technology, the Kiplinger Program gives journalists the time and training needed to report and produce in-depth multimedia projects. We offer two types of fellowships […]
