Comments on: I do watch video online, just not newspaper video http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/05/04/i-do-watch-video-online-just-not-newspaper-video/ Thoughts from a technologist and journalist Wed, 09 May 2012 14:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Brad King http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/05/04/i-do-watch-video-online-just-not-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3312 Brad King Mon, 05 May 2008 17:52:16 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=262#comment-3312 @Alex The OJR did a great series on what makes good news video. They laid out some very specific guidelines, culled from research. It's what you think: exclusive interviews are good, breaking news and evergreen stories that have some flair and flavor to them. The breaking news is really the only thing a reporter should focus on. The other two require some knowledge of shooting, scripting and editing. If you have someone coming in for an interview, that's a great time to grab an intern from the local college. We did some work for the Cincinnati Enquirer, the evergreen stuff. Here's what it looked like: http://www.cinweekly.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=VIDEO @Alex

The OJR did a great series on what makes good news video. They laid out some very specific guidelines, culled from research. It’s what you think: exclusive interviews are good, breaking news and evergreen stories that have some flair and flavor to them.

The breaking news is really the only thing a reporter should focus on. The other two require some knowledge of shooting, scripting and editing. If you have someone coming in for an interview, that’s a great time to grab an intern from the local college.

We did some work for the Cincinnati Enquirer, the evergreen stuff. Here’s what it looked like: http://www.cinweekly.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=VIDEO

]]> By: Alex Parker http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/05/04/i-do-watch-video-online-just-not-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3311 Alex Parker Mon, 05 May 2008 17:32:21 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=262#comment-3311 So what are some good examples of newspaper video? What should the reporter w/ a camera strive for? So what are some good examples of newspaper video? What should the reporter w/ a camera strive for?

]]> By: Brad King http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/05/04/i-do-watch-video-online-just-not-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Brad King Mon, 05 May 2008 00:37:26 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=262#comment-3287 It's amazing how little newspapers understand about video. It's not hard either. I took some of my students and spent a little time re-creating a Rocketboom-esque experience with the news. If you strip out the antics, the words are straight news copy. But the antics have generated a fair amount of talk. When we did this for the local newspaper, from what I've been told, we outdid their video traffic. And we did this on a budget of nothing (you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcr8xcSw7_w). Then it's just a matter of breaking it up into various, digestible ways. It’s amazing how little newspapers understand about video. It’s not hard either. I took some of my students and spent a little time re-creating a Rocketboom-esque experience with the news.

If you strip out the antics, the words are straight news copy. But the antics have generated a fair amount of talk. When we did this for the local newspaper, from what I’ve been told, we outdid their video traffic.

And we did this on a budget of nothing (you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcr8xcSw7_w).

Then it’s just a matter of breaking it up into various, digestible ways.

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