Ira Glass broke a lot of newswriting rules when he first started the radio show that would become the wildly popular weekly series, “This American Life.”
His stories weren’t fact-supplemental fact-quote or soundbite from a source, but anecdotes told the way broadcast instructors always urge: like you were telling your friends something fascinating.
If you like the [...]
Categories: Tips + Techniques, video
Tagged: Human Interest, Ira Glass, This American Life
The human side of work often gets lost in the race to be best, first and profitable.
A simple but compelling ad by Fairly Painless Advertising tells potential employees why design firm Herman Miller might be the right place for them to work.
Can the news outlet you work for say this?
Categories: One For Fun, video
Tagged: advertising, Communication design, Graphic design, Herman Miller Inc., Marketing
Let’s say you have a really good story idea, one that would be best told through sound and visuals. How do you get it published?
This is one of the most common questions I hear from freelancers, and one of the reasons why sites like Mediabistro and Freelance Success — both of which I used to [...]
Categories: General Journalism, Photojournalism, Tips + Techniques, video
Tagged: freelance, Meredith Birkett, MSNBC, MSNBC.com, multimedia
Do you remember what it was like to be in school? About 40 journalists are reliving the college experience at the University of Miami Beyond Bootcamp multimedia workshop, directed by visual journalism guru Rich Beckman.
Over the last few months, I’ve met a number of his former students who tell stories of being cajoled and terrified [...]
Categories: Data + Graphics, General Journalism, Photojournalism, video
Tagged: Beyond Bootcamp, Greg Linch, multimedia, Paige West, Rich Beckman, Rob Covey, University of Miami, workshop
As news organizations, watchdogs and voters prepare for the Super Bowl of politics, it seemed like a good idea to survey what will be online for Nov. 4.
Some sites will start their coverage early. Already, the massive, all-volunteer Twitter Vote Report has been logging and mapping voting problems and good experiences.
Most complaints so far have [...]
Categories: Data + Graphics, General Journalism, Maps, Mobile, Photojournalism, Social Media, video
Tagged: election, election08, interactives, photos
The political satire site 23/6 has been watching the campaign carefully — so carefully they’ve discovered the presidential debates have a lot of repetition.
While you may have thought you recognized familiar phrases, you can’t beat the evidence shown in this side-by-side-by-side edit from the broadcasts.
Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com.
The video [...]
Categories: General Journalism, video
Tagged: election
When it comes to video journalism, most news organizations have a rule: Do not use any sound or music that didn’t occur while you were filming the story. Audio holds powerful sway over our emotion and therefore, can distort our perception of facts and events. If you’re skeptical, check out the trailer for “Sleepless in [...]
Categories: General Journalism, video
There are probably dozens of obituaries and rememberances of Paul Newman out today from news sources big and small all over the world.
The actor, race car driver and philanthropist died Friday at his home in Westport, Conn., at the age of 83 after battling lung cancer.
Perhaps the most touching tribute comes from Newman’s Own, the [...]
Categories: General Journalism, video
Tagged: obits
Garrett Hubbard takes questions during a live Q&A online.
(Photograph by H. Darr Beiser/USA Today © 2008, used with permission)
Click below to read some of Garrett’s answers.
Categories: Photojournalism, Tips & Tools, video
Tagged: livechat
Garrett Hubbard, video journalist for USA Today, has graciously agreed to a live chat about video journalism beginning 3:45 p.m. ET this Thursday on Ricochet. Click here to join in.
Staffers, freelancers and blogger alike can ask Garrett about how to creating arresting videos that tell engaging news stories.
Check out his work at his blog, Stories [...]
Categories: Photojournalism, video
Tagged: livechat