Photographers who’ve been covering the 2008 presidential campaign have had precious few chances to capture truly candid moments with the candidates this year, says Temple University’s Andrew Mendelson, chair of the journalism department. Mendelson told a gathering a the Newseum…
As more and more journalists begin to carry their own video cameras on stories, the need for more video training is growing. The Society of Professional Journalists offers a Newsroom Training Progam that includes a module on video newsgathering. Recently,…
In a post entitled “How not to do newspaper video,” the folks over at Digital Journalist say newspaper managers don’t understand what it takes to do video well. Rule number one, according to the DJ editorial: “You are not in…
The second annual Emerging Video Services study, conducted by Leichtman Research Group, Inc., includes some fascinating findings: Online video usage is still very weighted to young males, ages 18-34 and the growth in online video overall was primarily among both…
It takes more than an interview and some pictures to create a good audio slideshow, but too many slideshows are built on those ingredients alone. As a result, they seem to be slapped together rather than produced. Multimedia editor Colin…
High-definition television promises better images, brighter colors and more detail, so how does shooting in HD change the job of a photojournalist? Al’s Morning Meeting provided Q&A with two photojournalists who are currently working with high-definition video – Richard Adkins…
Slide shows, videos, flash animations–there are lots of different ways to tell a visual story online. Now you can add one more: the photostory collage. A new service from VuVox allows journalists to build multimedia stories in layers. Watch Richard…
Dwayne Dail’s story would be compelling in any medium. Wrongly convicted of rape, he spent half his life in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him. But Dail’s story is even more powerful told in his own words, with still photos…
I spent some time recently exploring what television and newspaper Web sites are doing with video and came away convinced that newspapers are catching up to TV more quickly than folks on the TV side might have anticipated. Yes, a…
Online video sites are scaling back their use of amateur videos in favor of professionally produced programming, according to a report in Business Week. “People would rather watch content that has production value than watch their neighbors in the garage,”…
