Posted in Uncategorized, tagged video on March 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As I mentioned previously, I have hired a video journalist and with the new hire the company where I work has made the decision to invest in at least two fully outfitted and mobile toolkits, one for the new hire and one the photography staff.
And, wow, was it hard. It took a couple of weeks [...]
Posted in media, tagged journalism, video on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
So last week turned out to be very good for me and my news organization. After several months of negotiating a position for a full-time video journalist was approved and an offer was made. I’m really excited and can’t wait to get started.
Another good thing is that I have the ability to put together a [...]
Posted in media, tagged newsroom, video on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
A little while ago I wrote a post about the perfect newsroom. Here is more on that topic. I came across a video of one college and how they built their newsroom.
The video showcases Stony Brook University’s newsroom full of 30 Apple computer workstations, maps, flat screen monitors and an assortment of various other ‘cool’ [...]
Posted in media, tagged Gawker, media, video, Zell on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Billionaire and Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell is just phenomenal. If you haven’t seen the video of him telling a photographer at the Orlando Sentinel to fuck off, you gotta watch it.
The exchange, posted at Gawker, happened after the journalist questioned Zell about his feeling that the industry needs to look more at what readers [...]
Posted in media, tagged blog, media, video on January 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I work at a mid-size daily in the Midwest that has been operating under the “good enough” strategy when it comes to video.
I think the strategy of arming willing reporters with small cameras and having traditional still photographer shoot some video is a good approach at the beginning of the transformation into more of a [...]
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