Tag: Newsgathering

Who are you quoting?

We live in an age of experts–or, at least, self-proclaimed experts. They’re quoted all the time. They’re all over television news. But are they really experts? Not always. Earlier this year, a guest on the cable outlet OAN claimed he…

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How to search and share better on social

You’re on Facebook and Twitter, of course, but are you making the most of each platform? What about Instagram and LinkedIn? Tracy Davidson, morning anchor at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, is on all of the above, early and often. “I start…

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Focus on these 4 things for great social news video

When it comes to producing news video for social and mobile consumption, visuals are the foundation, emotion gets people to care and informing the audience is the end goal.  That’s according to Geoff Dietrich, executive producer of newsgathering for AJ+,…

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Write that down

Do you take notes on paper or an electronic device? I’m a longtime advocate for the paper approach. In a post five years ago I pushed back at suggestions that apps like Evernote mean reporters can leave their notebooks at…

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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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Top 5 strategies to create better mobile video

There is plenty being said and written about the explosion in video consumption on mobile devices, but very few local news organizations seem to be producing content specifically for mobile viewing.  Resources are definitely an issue, but the time is…

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Mobile journalism now easier on Android devices

When I conduct training on using mobile devices as news gathering tools, the room is generally filled with journalists wielding iPhones. However, in a recent podcast produced by journalism.co.uk, some mobile experts are suggesting that 2015 was a game changing…

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How to maximize your mobile video stories

  In the words of James Harding, BBC’s news director, the age of mobile video is upon us.  So, how are they responding at the “Beeb?” With an understanding of audience demands, according to Nathalie Malinarich, editor for mobile and new formats.…

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