May
9
A little internet reading, with some longish commentary:
- 72 Hours — the zen of videojournalism. David Dunkley Gyimah has a great report — on video, of course — on training print folk for video storytelling, which includes some interesting bits from the converts themselves. There are also some concepts (such as the idea of undershooting) that have raised my video understanding a notch or two.
- Free Web-based production tools help students invigorate online news projects. Robert Niles has a nice report on the work of his multimedia journalism students, who mashed-up free, online based services to create web projects. Best Jazz in LA, Ride Hard and Wine 101 are among my favourites. The price of entry to publishing is now an Internet connection and basic computer skills: tech skills are still valuable but are not required.
- An Exchange with Neil Lewis of the New York Times. A very interesting and (typically) deep post by Jay Rosen that continues the conversation about the relationship of journalists, sources and stories. (BTW: I’m not ignoring all the interesting things going on at Jay’s NewAssignment.Net. About 10 per cent of the saved items I’m carrying at Bloglines deal with this but I haven’t yet had the time to give it the deep study and consideration it merits.)
- The video ship is sailing. Mark Hancock says those interested in getting into the video storytelling game with entry-level equipment better jump now, because in three years the competition for viewers and advertisers will be intense and the demand for quality will be high. I suspect he is right and that the warning holds true for newspapers as well as individuals: if you’re not getting into that space now, you may have to win it back from competitors you don’t currently know that you have.
- Journalists can’t multitask. Too which Andy Dickinson responds with a very British “bollocks.” It’s a short post, but the ending rocks.
