A British newspaper editor is predicting “the end of the reporter” in a new media world. David Leigh of the Guardian envisions a future in which “news bunnies” and bloggers will have a role to play, but not “proper reporters.”…
Are reporters doomed?
Author: Deborah Potter
Learn from your mistakes
The single most important thing you can do to improve as a photojournalist is to edit your own work, says KSDK-TV’s Eric Voss. “Learn from your mistakes and missed opportunities,” he wrote in the NPPA’s News Photographer magazine. “You will…
No whining on the late shift
At a recent workshop, a reporter complained that she got her assignments too late to do anything creative with them. She worked night side at her TV station and covered a lot of meetings. The assignment desk would tell her…
Find a focus and lose the jargon
KARE-TV’s Joe Fryer knows a little something about good writing. He’s won three national Edward R. Murrow awards and five regional Emmys. Joe was one of my fellow instructors at this year’s NPPF Airborne TV Seminar in Rochester, N.Y., and…
News with a little attitude
Talk about how journalism jobs are changing! The Florida Times-Union is planning a daily news segment on its Web site, jacksonville.com, and is advertising for a video blogger, “someone who can report the news with a little attitude and a…
Behind the scenes on Live at 5
What goes on off camera during a local newscast can be perfectly hilarious. Unfortunately, most stations don’t let us in on the fun. But anchor Derek McGinty at WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C., lifted the curtain recently on his blog “What…
Are social networks fair game for journalists?
Social networking sites now host billions of pictures and comments, a few of which might be relevant in covering a news story. Can the media use them? In the October 2007 NPPA News Photographer magazine, Brian McDermott reports that different…
Improving Web video
Do three simple things and your online video will look better, says videographer Peter Ralph on his Shooting by Numbers blog. 1. Keep your lens clean. This is especially important if you are shooting hand-held, Ralph says, because you’ll be…
Vocal warm-ups
One way to improve your delivery is to warm up your voice before you record or go on live. How do you do that? A couple of years ago, I sat in on a session at the Michigan Association of…
Editing tips from one of the best
Digital editing allows you to do amazing things with video, but the 2007 NPPA Editor of the Year urges editors to show restraint. Josh Shea of KCNC-TV in Denver was one of my fellow instructors at this year’s NPPF Airborne…