Multimedia Minutes: The Power of Practicing Every Day

November 10th, 2010

NPPA award winner Dave Delozier on the importance of practicing your craft every day and working on your weaknesses.  From AR&D’s MMJ webinar, which included questions from my colleagues Galen Culver and Regent Ducas.

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Multimedia Minutes: Quick Writing Tip

April 26th, 2010

One of your top goals after mastering the fundamentals should be this, whether you’re an anchor or reporter.  Notice how effectively the writing example addresses a common multimedia journalist question:  “What do I do when they don’t want to give me information?”

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Multimedia Minutes: Can’t Get the Answers to Your Questions?

April 25th, 2010

How do you deal with an interview subject who side steps answering your questions?  Here’s one proven way. 

http://www.youtube.com/user/Kaplitz#p/u/82/N5iDmNNiCf8

You don’t need to be on 60 Minutes to ask follow up questions like this.  As long as you do it in a respectful way, viewers will appreciate how you’re watching out for them.

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Multimedia Minutes: Can You See Your Target?

April 24th, 2010

The most successful multimedia journalists have a clear understanding of what success is.  And that’s beyond the basics of getting the facts right and the video in focus.  For example, when it comes to viewer advocacy — a brand of journalism for many stations — they know what to shoot for.

After the commodity news — the news of the day all stations over — strive to get answers to the most important viewer questions about the most important issues.  Then fact find by going the extra steps.  Use transparency to tell viewers what you’re doing, so you’ll get credit.  But ultimately what stands out in viewers’ minds are the tough questions you ask, holding people in power accountable.

This presents a huge opportunity because your competition’s target is likely mushy.  Besides, many multimedia journalists’ questions are softballs — the easy stuff.  You’re in a great position to, in a nice way, hold officials accountable for how they’re spending taxpayer money or following through on their campaign promises.

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Multimedia Minutes: Visual Storytelling with a Timeless Twist

April 22nd, 2010

Learn visual storytelling fundamentals from historical video, which includes some surprising shots.

If you enjoyed this older video, you might like to see what Dan Rather and Walter Cronkite looked like years ago.

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Multimedia Minutes: Asking What Viewers Want

April 15th, 2010

Here’s a good example of putting a face on a story, providing balance, and asking the questions viewers likely have on their minds.  Notice the viewer-oriented writing from the start thanks to the good work of news director Robin Wojtanik and her team at KEPR-TV in Pasco, Washington.

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http://www.screencast.com/t/NzQ4Yzcz

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Multimedia Minutes: Examples of Lighting Do’s and Don’ts

April 15th, 2010

When lighting your subject, here’s what to do and also avoid.

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Multimedia Minutes: How to Light for Interviews — Diagrams to Make it Easy

April 15th, 2010

These diagrams will help you put your interview subjects in a better light.

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Multimedia Minutes: Strong Visual Storytelling

April 15th, 2010

Here’s an example of strong visual storytelling along with tips aimed at making this type of story even better.

Multimedia journalist Sarah Rasario of KATC-TV (Lafayette, LA) participated in AR&D’s training for MMJs.  Sarah told us the reason the story lacked a human angle was that the company didn’t want her to talk with any of the workers.  Despite that obstacle, her strong on-camera storytelling likely engaged viewers.

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Multimedia Minutes: Landing the Big Interview

April 14th, 2010

Multimedia journalist Carolyn Cerda is new in her position at KATC in Lafayette, LA, but that didn’t stop her from landing an important interview following an AR&D three-day workshop for MMJs.    How did she do it?

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