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Teaching Online Journalism

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Notes from the classroom and observations about today’s practice of journalism online

Archive for the “video” category

Journalist video training in Europe

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The European Journalism Centre has announced a five-day video training course, to be held at its offices in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Sessions will be held in April, June, and September.
(Thanks to Andy Dickinson for the link.)

Video that really shows you something

Saturday, March 8, 2008

I just took a break from grading my students’ first video stories to look at the NPPA video winners, online here. The Judges’ Choice for video photography is “A Far Off Wild Place,” by Scott Jensen. Wow! It’s 5 min. 37 sec. of beautiful images of brown bears fishing, eating, walking, and generally just being […]

Positive developments in Los Angeles?

Monday, February 18, 2008

Some highlights from a speech to the L.A. Times newsroom by Russ Stanton, the new editor, on Feb. 14, 2008 (thanks, Marco!):
Yesterday, we rolled out the first of our breaking news blogs, in Metro — L.A. Now — which is led by blogger extraordinaire Veronique de Turenne. And the first of our neighborhood pages will […]

Cheat sheet for multimedia story decisions

Friday, February 15, 2008

As newsrooms everywhere struggle to adapt to the digital information environment, everybody in the newsroom needs to gain some multimedia literacy.
At the basic level, that means you understand what the media are suited for. Even if you do not know how to make an audio slideshow, you must understand what kinds of stories work well […]

How to shoot video interviews

Friday, February 8, 2008

This is a list of guidelines for experienced journalists who are interviewing someone with a video camera for the first time. This is not TV news style; the reporter will never appear on camera, and the reporter’s voice will be edited out of the final version.
My students are required to use a tripod for interviews. […]

Video instruction, Stage 2

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Today I tried to prepare my students to shoot their first online video story. They have one week to come up with an interesting story, do prep and research, and arrange an interview with a suitable person. Next week they will get their gear and learn how to use the tripod. Then they have one […]

Video strategies in the online newsroom

Sunday, February 3, 2008

If you want to know why Colin Mulvany’s blog has become one of my must-reads, look at this post. Mulvany is on the front line in the newsroom at The Spokesman-Review, and he’s sharing his day-to-day strategies and decision-making for multimedia journalism.
I come from a still [photojournalism] background and have lots of experience shooting picture […]