Video for Newspapers

Newspaper Video Examples

Video online should NOT look like a TV report, with a talking head.

Do you understand it? Are EPA coal emission standards strict enough? (Las Vegas Sun)
Action: Fuel truck explosion in northeast Spokane (Spokesman-Review)
Cheap, small cameras for video: Mexican Wrestling
Very basic example of a sequence
Trick bicycle rider: Proof that it's how you shoot (not the camera you use) that makes the video good (simple interview, and a nice edit)

The right subject for video

Angela Grant, who shoots video at the San Antonio Express-News, says there are three things that make a good video:

Movement and action
Emotion
Something you just have to see

Here is something you "just have to see": Paraplegic Dog (Spokesman-Review)
Make sure you watch it to the end.

See beginner video stories by UF students (on YouTube).

Shooting video that is easy to edit

For more tips about video, see these posts in the Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Proficiency:

RGMP 11: Tell a good story with images and sound
RGMP 12: Learn to shoot video
RGMP 13: Edit your video with iMovie or Windows Movie Maker

Video Player

If you do not have a good video player on your Web site, try the JW FLV Media Player -- it's free!

For yor WordPress.com blog, simply upload your video to YouTube and then embed it in the blog post. Here's how.

Editing video with Windows Movie Maker

Make Internet TV: Intro to editing with WMM
Capturing video
Trim your clips
Import an audio track
Add narration
More WMM tutorials

See also Journalists' Toolkit: Video for more resources.