“Don’t let school work get in the way of your education.” As a teacher, it’s a little worrisome when those are the first words out of your guest speaker’s mouth, but Rich Murphy, senior Web producer for MyFoxDC.com, quickly explained…
Photojournalist Joe Mahoney has been telling stories with pictures for decades, but it’s only been fairly recently that he’s begun producing audio slide shows for the Richmond Times Dispatch. During a training session for graduate students in Virginia Commonwealth University’s…
CBS News has broken new ground both behind the scenes and on the air in collaborating with local TV journalists. For the first time, the network enlisted the help of reporters at local affiliates in reporting an investigative story and…
What kind of video will online users actually watch? To find out, Cyndy Green tried a small experiment this summer at the Lodi News Sentinel. The results are interesting, if not terribly surprising. Her working assumption was that viewers will…
A quiet revolution is underway at NBC News. Earlier this month, a story about a baby penguin that was created originally for the Web aired on the weekend Nightly News. Tim Peek, executive producer for new media at NBC’s Peacock…
It’s not only still photos falling under suspicion this week, but video as well. An Associated Press story outlines concerns about tornado footage that may have been altered. At issue is video sold to the AP by a freelancer who…
Newspapers and Web sites around the country recently made a serious mistake. They ran an altered photograph of an Iranian missile launch. According to the Photo District News Web site: “The problematic image was distributed by Agence France Presse, which said…
Strong visuals, great nat sound, a fast-paced sequence: they’re all good ways to open a story. Talking heads? Not. As online videographer Colin Mulvaney points out, it’s important to let the viewer know right away that your video is worth…
The Online News Association is behind the re-launch of a site devoted to showcasing multimedia journalism. According to ONA president Jonathan Dube, Interactive Narratives is worth checking out. The new Interactive Narratives is designed to capture the best of online visual…
For all the concerns about TV news these days–from the economy to ethics–there’s plenty of evidence that it’s come a long way. That’s one of the many things that struck me as I toured the Newseum for the second time…
