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Storytelling advice: Beginning, middle, end
How many times have you heard this advice? Make sure your story has a beginning, middle and end. Even the great Lewis Carroll shared a version of the standard counsel in Alice’s Adventures in...
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5 tips for gathering better video and sound
By Bob Gould, former NPPA president I teach broadcast news at Michigan State and one day last year I decided to take the students out and shoot a story with the students watching me work. I figured it...
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Time management for journalists
If there’s one complaint I hear in every newsroom I visit, it’s that everyone wishes they had more time. Time to dig for stories. Time to write. Time to edit. The perception is that nobody has enough...
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When to use hidden cameras
The video is black-and-white and grainy, but it makes the case. A manager at a company selling what it claims is health insurance instructs employees on what to tell prospects on the phone: “Tell them...
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Great TV storytelling tip: Connect the moments
You’ve probably seen the story. By now, millions of people have. Reporter Boyd Huppert of KARE-TV in Minneapolis calls it the story that broke the Internet–a feature about a little boy and his elderly...
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TV investigation requires multiple cameras
It started with a tip from a source to KNTV. It sounded crazy but it turned out to be true. The world’s biggest food distributor, Sysco, was storing raw meat, milk and other food in unrefrigerated...
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Advice for contest hopefuls
It’s that time of the year again: time to enter a journalism awards contest. NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism competition opens for submissions today; RTDNA is now accepting entries for the Murrow...
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iPhoning it in
Shooting a TV news story on mobile phone isn’t exactly commonplace but it does happen every so often. Shooting a half-hour TV special on an iPhone? As far as I can tell, this is a first. Dallas...
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What can you do with a GoPro?
It’s obvious that GoPro cameras are great for shooting sports, but that’s hardly all they’re good for. Solo journalists like KUSA reporter Matt Renoux use them for daily news. “Of course, they don’t...
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Structure: The key to video storytelling
Beginning, middle, end. That’s a useful way to think about story structure, especially for video, but it’s not sufficient. Lots of stories start out well and may even finish with a memorable shot or...
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We’ve updated our list of national awards and prizes open to broadcast journalists. Click “explore” in the upper right to sort the list by deadline, application fee or prize money. Please note that the...
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NewsLab’s top 5 in 2015
Looking back at the year gone by always gives me some insight into what’s most important to you, NewsLab’s readers, and you never let me down. You care deeply about doing good work and about the future...
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Tips on using drones for news
with Deb Halpern Wenger Drones have already proved their worth in national and international news coverage, adding fresh perspective to reports on natural disasters and environmental issues. Now,...
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Tips for MMJs
If you’re working as an MMJ in your first job and think you won’t do it in your second, think again, says Heidi Wigdahl. She’s been in the business seven years, starting in market 153 at KTTZ in...
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Great TV storytelling tip: Connect the moments
You’ve probably seen the story. By now, millions of people have. Reporter Boyd Huppert of KARE-TV in Minneapolis calls it the story that broke the Internet–a feature about a little boy and his elderly...
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TV investigation requires multiple cameras
It started with a tip from a source to KNTV. It sounded crazy but it turned out to be true. The world’s biggest food distributor, Sysco, was storing raw meat, milk and other food in unrefrigerated...
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Advice for contest hopefuls
It’s that time of the year again: time to enter a journalism awards contest. NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism competition opens for submissions today; RTDNA is now accepting entries for the Murrow...
View ArticleJournalism awards and prizes
We’ve updated our list of national awards and prizes open to broadcast journalists. Click “explore” in the upper right to sort the list by deadline, application fee or prize money. Please note that the...
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iPhoning it in
Shooting a TV news story on mobile phone isn’t exactly commonplace but it does happen every so often. Shooting a half-hour TV special on an iPhone? As far as I can tell, this is a first. Dallas...
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What can you do with a GoPro?
It’s obvious that GoPro cameras are great for shooting sports, but that’s hardly all they’re good for. Solo journalists like KUSA reporter Matt Renoux use them for daily news. “Of course, they don’t...
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