Articles about "Video"


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New Guardian, Scoopshot efforts bring elements of automation to photo verification

User-generated content is rife with risk and opportunity.

The opportunity for it to deliver remarkable images is made clear on an almost-daily basis, be it in the midst of a crisis like the Boston Marathon bombings, Hurricane Sandy, or simply … Read more

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Online ad revenues up, sponsored content revenues down in 2012

IAB | The Wall Street Journal
Revenues from digital advertising reached nearly $37 billion in 2012, the Interactive Advertising Bureau's annual report says, up 15 percent over 2011. Mobile advertising accounted for 9 percent of the total. Display advertising accounted for 33 percent, and search was 46 percent. Video advertising was up 29 percent over 2011.

As good as that news may seem, there's no guarantee that this wave of cash will wash ashore at news organizations. IAB spokesperson Laura Goldberg tells Poynter the report does not break down revenue by web property category. But analyst Mary Meeker pointed out last year that there is a "steep imbalance between where people spend their time and where advertisers spend their money," as Jeff Sonderman put it.

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How journalists are experimenting with ‘the one-shot technique’ when telling video stories

Some journalists are starting to renew attention to an old storytelling form — “the one-shot” technique.

Rather than editing together dozens or even hundreds of shots to tell a video story, the one-shot story uses just one shot, sometimes a … Read more

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What journalists need to know about interviewing for video

Interviews are a cornerstone of video storytelling because they provide emotion, content and structure, especially in documentary-style stories with little or no narration. Good interviews make for good videos.

Fortunately, most of what you’ve learned about interviewing applies to video. … Read more

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Newsrooms use Vine to show personality, process, previews in 6-second videos

Vine Less than a week after Twitter launched its short video tool, it is curating some of the most interesting experiments with Vine. Vinepeek and Vineroulette also display short videos as they're published. Newsrooms are using Vine to show personality, show studios and show process. Germany's Rhein Zeitung tweeted this 6-second video of its paper being laid out: (more...)
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The journalistic pros & cons of Twitter’s new real-time video tool

Twitter just released a video-sharing tool called Vine that makes it easier for people to capture short clips and share them instantly with the world. Twitter bought a video startup by the same name late last year, and just yesterday CEO Dick Costolo tweeted a video using the Vine app: (more...)
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Montreal students take credit for fake viral video of baby-snatching eagle

YouTube | New Statesman | Fark | Reddit | Storyful | Centre NAD
Since being uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday, this incredible video of an eagle swooping down and snatching a toddler with its talons from a Montreal park has … Read more

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What journalists need to know about digital video editing

Digital camcorders, DSLRs and digital audio recorders have revolutionized video production. It’s now possible to get higher quality footage for less money than ever before. But, advances in hardware don’t tell the whole story. Equally important have been improvements in video … Read more

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Election coverage shows how online, mobile video has grown

On election night, video was everywhere — and not just on television. Dozens of news sites and mobile apps also featured video, and there was no shortage of places to watch the election results roll in without ever having to … Read more

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