Tips for Storytellers: Get your video right

October 17, 2013

If you never trained for video, here are a few basic tips from Regina McCombs, senior editor for visual news at Minnesota Public Radio and Poynter adjunct faculty.

Part of a series of graphics with tips for storytellers, this infographic can be thought of as bite-sized inspiration.

Last Monday: How to make the most of your tweets Next Friday: Tips for polishing your writing, with Roy Peter Clark and others

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Tags: Best Practices: Visual Journalism, Journalism education and training, journalism training, Video, Visual Voice, Visuals

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Sara teaches in the areas of design, illustration, photojournalism and leadership. She encourages visual journalists to find their voice in the newsroom and to think…

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