Comments on: The multimedia journalist http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/28/the-multimedia-journalist/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Cord;ey Coit http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/28/the-multimedia-journalist/#comment-10427 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:51:04 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/28/the-multimedia-journalist/#comment-10427 Having made my way as photographer and film cameraman there are several important differences between reporters and people who do visuals. One being things like speech impediments looking for a story and a story line and knowing what is really happening in front of the camera as well as what is really going on. Most camera preople are trained over years to look for angles, lighting, action all physical things. Reporters look for the truth in what is being said if they are worthwhile. A one man band is not equipped to deal with a lying pol a environmental disaster. A planning commission bought off by profiting interests. As well as muling photo gear batteries and a note book to make sense out of raw footage. What happens when your super woman gets tired close to deadline? Looks like another way of totally stressing the news person out of the ability to think. I have attempted things like this and found I was dropping the level of coverage. Sounds like the suits looking to pinch their pennies again. Of course there are many people who can do a superficial facade of coverage so much video work is talking heads and so dull, so very dull. Having made my way as photographer and film cameraman there are several important differences between reporters and people who do visuals. One being things like speech impediments looking for a story and a story line and knowing what is really happening in front of the camera as well as what is really going on.
Most camera preople are trained over years to look for angles, lighting, action all physical things.
Reporters look for the truth in what is being said if they are worthwhile. A one
man band is not equipped to deal with a lying pol a environmental disaster. A planning commission bought off by profiting interests. As well as muling photo gear batteries and a note book to make sense out of raw footage. What happens when your super woman gets tired close to deadline?
Looks like another way of totally stressing the news person out of the ability to think. I have attempted things like this and found I was dropping the level of coverage.
Sounds like the suits looking to pinch their pennies again. Of course there are many people who can do a superficial facade of coverage so much video work is talking heads and so dull, so very dull.

]]> by: Grayson http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/28/the-multimedia-journalist/#comment-10411 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:36:31 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/28/the-multimedia-journalist/#comment-10411 Glad to see we at Internet News Agency aren't the only ones using WMM too! I will say it loud and proud, "I'm a multimedia journalist and I use Windows Movie Maker!" And yeah, we've had our share of "how do you turn this thing on?" moments of panic, but we sure are having fun out there. Glad to see we at Internet News Agency aren’t the only ones using WMM too! I will say it loud and proud, “I’m a multimedia journalist and I use Windows Movie Maker!”

And yeah, we’ve had our share of “how do you turn this thing on?” moments of panic, but we sure are having fun out there.

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