Video – Page 2 – Visual Journalism

November 30, 2010

Twenty Tips to Improve Your Multimedia Piece

Of course, one 20 point list would be a little overwhelming, thankfully MediaStorm’s Eric Maierson split it into two … over the course of 18 months … The first list talks about dissolves, movements, letting your visuals breathe and a little on music. The second one starts with making sure your edits serve a purpose–and that sentence and graf are...

Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 28, 2010

Reading to Get Ready

It was be very nice to be approaching the end of one semester and spend the remaining week concentrating on just these students, just these projects. But we wrap up, take a short break and then launch right into what comes next. Whatever that is … So I’ve been spending the last few days thinking and reading, trying to get...

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

August 10, 2010

How to Fail at Video

I just love this … Glen Canning on how to fail at video, in massive ways. (Thanks to … well, everyone on Twitter who posted this today.)

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk/Video

July 29, 2010

Video for the Small Screen

Do past thoughts on video still apply for mobile platforms? It would seem so … and a lot of those still apply to desktop- or laptop-watched video, too. (Picked up from Richard Koci Hernandez’s Twitter stream.)

Advice & Learning/Tech Talk/Video

March 25, 2010

DSLR Video Tips

UGA PJ alumnus Jake Daniels sent this link along to a SportsShooter.com tech tip on how to get better video from your DSLR camera. Some excellent tips in there, and I think I need to track down one or two of those items for my own kit.

Tech Talk/Video

November 24, 2009

On Online Video (podcast)

Up next in our series of podcasts is a talk about the role of video online and how traditional print publications are, can and should move towards it. Guests include Walt Stricklin, Director of Photography at the Birmingham News, Dave Labelle, author and former photojournalism professor, Minla Shields, the former Senior Editor for Planning at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mike Haskey, Columbus...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 23, 2009

On Backpack Journalism (podcast)

Continuing with the conversations we had during our March photojournalism workshop, this one on “backpack journalism,” also known as “mojos” for mobile journalists. Most refer to it as “one man bands.” We hear from Walt Stricklin, Director of Photography at the Birmingham News, Jon Samuels, staff photojournlaist at WXIA in Atlanta, John Curry, Visuals Director at the Augusta Chronicle, Minla...

At Work/Audio/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 18, 2009

6×6 – 36 Tips to Make You a Better Multimedia Storyteller

Stolen, quite simply, from Richard Koci Hernadez’s Multimedia Shooter site – Adam Westbrook gives you six tips in six areas that will help improve your skills and your stories. The video section sums up what I try to teach so nicely I may not need to teach it anymore.

Audio/Craft/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 18, 2009

Getting Online Video to Work

Two posts online this morning, each linked in content … first up is the Poynter Institute’s Regina McCombs talking about what works in the online video realm. Her assessment mirrors my favorite response to students, “It depends.” Based on the questions that lead to that post, Chuck Fadley at MiamiHerald.com talks about what has worked there, which comes down to...

Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 17, 2009

YouTube Creates Link to Media Sites

The New York Times is reporting this morning that YouTube has signed a deal with several media companies, including National Public Radio, to help handle video from “citizen journalists.” Citizens can click a link on the media sites and send their “news” reports to them where they can be reviewed by editors for possibly publication on the site. My first,...