Tuesday, November 30, 2010
First Coast News Social Media Channels
First Coast News (firstcoastnews.com) in Jacksonville, Florida actively participates in social media using Facebook and Twitter. The First Coast News Facebook fan page has 10,808 followers who have "liked" the page. Often, the producers and reporters/anchors post status updates on the site asking for story ideas. Of most news facebook pages I've seen, this one is one of the best and most kept up. Their Twitter account, appropriately named FCN2go has 1,311 followers.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Chelsea Toledo's Pick of Multimedia Story
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/nyregion/09astoria.html?_r=1&hp
When I went to NYT's homepage, a gorgeous image of a Queens streetcorner popped up. The story accompanying the picture was full of descriptions of the colorful people who had owned businesses in queens.
I think that, when you're dealing with colorful people, it's best to let them speak for themselves. The article mentioned how many business owners in Queens were immigrants, many of whom set up shop nearly a century ago. Wouldn't it be better to hear a variety of accents? How awesome would it be to track down an old-timey photograph of someone's great-grandfather setting up shop on that same street corner?
The article also gives an array of statistics. Statistics by themselves seem rather...dry. The issue is how small businesses are being forced to close because of the recession. An image of a row of closed storefronts is far more powerful than a statistic to that effect.
The article also reveals that new small businesses are sprouting up in the place of the old ones, demonstrating a resliency in these entrepreneurs. I want to see these people nailing up a new sign outside. I want to hear them explain why their business will thrive when others' failed.
In this case, a multimedia presentation would be far more powerful in getting the sentiment across.
When I went to NYT's homepage, a gorgeous image of a Queens streetcorner popped up. The story accompanying the picture was full of descriptions of the colorful people who had owned businesses in queens.
I think that, when you're dealing with colorful people, it's best to let them speak for themselves. The article mentioned how many business owners in Queens were immigrants, many of whom set up shop nearly a century ago. Wouldn't it be better to hear a variety of accents? How awesome would it be to track down an old-timey photograph of someone's great-grandfather setting up shop on that same street corner?
The article also gives an array of statistics. Statistics by themselves seem rather...dry. The issue is how small businesses are being forced to close because of the recession. An image of a row of closed storefronts is far more powerful than a statistic to that effect.
The article also reveals that new small businesses are sprouting up in the place of the old ones, demonstrating a resliency in these entrepreneurs. I want to see these people nailing up a new sign outside. I want to hear them explain why their business will thrive when others' failed.
In this case, a multimedia presentation would be far more powerful in getting the sentiment across.
Chelsey W.'s Video News Story Evaluation
US 'deprivation vacations follow recession (Associated Press)
http://www.ajc.com/travel/us-deprivation-vacations-follow-732247.html
This story was found under the travel section of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It is very wide in scope in that it discusses the fate and trends of travel across the globe--North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and South Africa. Because of it's wide scope, it would be difficult to create an engaging, detailed story from each of these places. However, there were a couple aspects of the article that, if elaborated, I think would make great video news segments.
The first is the trend of 'deprivation' holidays and boot camp spas in North America. What exactly are deprivation vacations and what goes on at boot camp spas? Why are they popular? I think a video of showing people attending these spas and going on extreme trekking adventures would be much more interesting and compelling than just reading about it. I want to actually see business executives pushing their bodies to the extreme (as the article says) and hearing firsthand their reasons for coming instead of relaxing on a yacht. :o)
Second, I think the growth of astronomy and space tourism in South Africa would make a good visual story. It talks about hotels offering astronomy courses and rooms with telescopes, but I'd like to actually see some of those rooms and listen to the lectures. Why South Africa? The article states that its clear night skies are a major reason, but again, a visual would be more compelling.
http://www.ajc.com/travel/us-deprivation-vacations-follow-732247.html
This story was found under the travel section of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It is very wide in scope in that it discusses the fate and trends of travel across the globe--North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and South Africa. Because of it's wide scope, it would be difficult to create an engaging, detailed story from each of these places. However, there were a couple aspects of the article that, if elaborated, I think would make great video news segments.
The first is the trend of 'deprivation' holidays and boot camp spas in North America. What exactly are deprivation vacations and what goes on at boot camp spas? Why are they popular? I think a video of showing people attending these spas and going on extreme trekking adventures would be much more interesting and compelling than just reading about it. I want to actually see business executives pushing their bodies to the extreme (as the article says) and hearing firsthand their reasons for coming instead of relaxing on a yacht. :o)
Second, I think the growth of astronomy and space tourism in South Africa would make a good visual story. It talks about hotels offering astronomy courses and rooms with telescopes, but I'd like to actually see some of those rooms and listen to the lectures. Why South Africa? The article states that its clear night skies are a major reason, but again, a visual would be more compelling.
Jacksonville Construction
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-11-08/story/southside-begins-bracing-224-million-construction-project
This would make for a good video story because this road has been under construction in Jacksonville many times. It is heavily traveled during rush hour because it leads from a popular Jacksonville neighborhood, San Marco, to downtown where many people in that area work. During lunch, it is one of the biggest messes in Jacksonville because of the influx of downtown workers going out to the many restaurants around.
It would be good for video because you can get business owner reaction, as well as people who use the street every day. You can also stand during rush hour and during the lunch hour and shoot video with good natural sound of horns honking, etc.
This would make for a good video story because this road has been under construction in Jacksonville many times. It is heavily traveled during rush hour because it leads from a popular Jacksonville neighborhood, San Marco, to downtown where many people in that area work. During lunch, it is one of the biggest messes in Jacksonville because of the influx of downtown workers going out to the many restaurants around.
It would be good for video because you can get business owner reaction, as well as people who use the street every day. You can also stand during rush hour and during the lunch hour and shoot video with good natural sound of horns honking, etc.
Daniel Suddes Video Story
Story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution
This story just begs to be a multimedia story. Even the use of images that is displayed in the article would be better suited for a slide show. Still, a video could capture the mother's emotions as she describes her son, as well as interlace it with images of the son. The quotes that appear, while good enough on their own, are better if we understand the context. It is easy to imagine the mother crying as she speaks these words.
So much of the story is visual. This may be due to the descriptive phrases the journalist uses, as well as the strength of the quotes. A video would fit the material and create a better emotional response that the story requires.
This story just begs to be a multimedia story. Even the use of images that is displayed in the article would be better suited for a slide show. Still, a video could capture the mother's emotions as she describes her son, as well as interlace it with images of the son. The quotes that appear, while good enough on their own, are better if we understand the context. It is easy to imagine the mother crying as she speaks these words.
So much of the story is visual. This may be due to the descriptive phrases the journalist uses, as well as the strength of the quotes. A video would fit the material and create a better emotional response that the story requires.
Good Video Story
Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/1004/She-recruited-Facebook-friends-to-save-Gulf-Coast-s-hermit-crabs
This human interest piece has all the makings for a compelling one or two minute news video. First of all, it's primary setting is the beaches of Grand Isle on the Gulf Coast so it offers up oodles of natural sound, tide rolling in, seagulls, all of that ear music. Visually it would be just as appealing with, our heroine, in this case Leanne Sarco who recruited volunteers through Facebook to help save neglected hermit crabs, the crabs themselves scurrying to freedom and all of the volunteers helping out in whatever way they can. It's definitely a video segment you could see at the end of a nightly news segment about people making a difference. These altruistic stories almost always make for good eye candy, and anytime a beach and plenty of human and animal actors are involved, it screams video.
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