The opportunities are limitless.
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under Uncategorized
Michael Rosenblum highlights what’s happening in the newspaper business right now. The rage as we all know is newspapers shooting video. Some are embracing it while others cuss it, but wherever you fall you can’t argue with Michael in that, “those who ‘get it’, the opportunities are limitless.” I couldn’t agree with him more. We as journalists…I say journalists because there are also writers who are shooting video and look out they may not have the eye of a photojournalist yet, but everyday in their writing they’re creating stories with a beginning, middle, and end…a key ingredient in storytelling with video. Now is the time though to be taking these chances.
The video camera is another tool in our bag and as a student many employers are looking to us to come in and help move their staff forward. It happened at my last internship where I was one of a only a few who had audio skills and provided me the opportunity to call out assignments I wanted based on my ability to do audio. Want to land better assignments? Embrace all forms of storytelling and you’ll see your stock rise in the newsroom. When I graduate in a year I hope to be in a position to land a job not only based on my stills, but my overall abilities to tell stories with a range of tools using a variety of mediums.
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Tags: photojournalism, video