Author: Debora Halpern Wenger

Using Facebook Live for better TV

Severe weather is a major driver of audience interest for local TV stations and Facebook Live has become an important tool for getting more information to more people. Kelsey Jacobson is the digital content director for WMC Action News 5…

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A mantra for shooting better video

“Wide, medium, tight, reverse, reaction.” That phrase has been running through video journalist John Bullard’s head for nearly 40 years.  Bullard has shot video stories at the local level and for networks like CNN and ABC.  He owns his own…

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Top three things when flying drones for news

Though 2016 was supposed to be the year of the news drone, 2017 may actually bring a little more progress. Thanks to a partnership involving the Poynter Institute, the Drone Journalism Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, National Press Photographers Association and DJI, journalists can take…

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