Shortly before Jason spoke of CPBJ's movement towards multimedia, a few photojournalists at York Revolution’s opening night caught my eye. It wasn’t a pang of massive sports lens photo equipment envy; it was their almost simultaneous juggling of camera, tape recorder, notebook, and videocam that captured my attention.
As this 2006 article says “You don't have to be everything. But you do need to know what multimedia elements can do to make your story stronger,"
For your viewing pleasure here’s a lighthearted link, a good example of brevity, the spoken word and well-edited pictures complementing the written story. It’s from the Roanoke Times and runs only one minute and twenty seconds.1:20
Soundslides
Story
After 28 assignments of “listening” more I soon realized multimedia isn’t for every story. Then on #29 (Fri, 7/20) ambient sounds tumbled around and soundbite gems spilled out of the subject’s mouth and I thought ooooh why am I not taping this stuff. And so it begins.
Stories are everywhere. Tell them.
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I believe that clear thinking and clear statement, accuracy and fairness are fundamental to good journalism.
I believe that a journalist should write only what he holds in his heart to be true.
I believe that suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible.
I believe that no one should write as a journalist what he would not say as a gentleman; that bribery by one's own pocketbook is as much to be avoided as bribery by the pocketbook of another; that individual responsibility may not be escaped by pleading another's instructions or another's dividends.
I believe that advertising, news and editorial columns should alike serve the best interests of readers; that a single standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all; that the supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public service.
I believe that the journalism which succeeds best -- and best deserves success -- fears God and honors Man; is stoutly independent, unmoved by pride of opinion or greed of power, constructive, tolerant but never careless, self-controlled, patient, always respectful of its readers but always unafraid, is quickly indignant at injustice; is unswayed by the appeal of privilege or the clamor of the mob; seeks to give every man a chance and, as far as law and honest wage and recognition of human brotherhood can make it so, an equal chance; is profoundly patriotic while sincerely promoting international good will and cementing world-comradeship; is a journalism of humanity, of and for today's world.
4 comments:
Soundslides is featured on the National Press Photographers Assn.
site. It is only &69.95. As for sound editing software, there are some good free ones in open source
so we can experiment without breaking the bank.
What a great example and awesome story. QUICK someone write about a poop-scooping business. We MUST have pictures like that on our front page.
What a piece of crap. Just kidding. The pictures were a solid No. 2, behind the story, which reeked. OK, enough bad jokes. Seriously, I liked the piece. The slide show satisfied my curiosity about what pooper scoopers wear to work. And the story had a nice, tight lede, thoughtful wordplay (Ask either of them "What can brown do for you?") and good quotes ("Can I say 'diddlies'?"). Good looking out, Amy.
I volunteer to write about the doggie-poop scooper businesses in the midstate. We must find some, pronto!
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