http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080205/obama-video-offers-valuable-lesson/ Online musings from the newsroom and beyond . . . by Yoni Greenbaum Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080205/obama-video-offers-valuable-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Henry Howard Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:27:55 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080205/obama-video-offers-valuable-lesson/#comment-235 Yoni, Good post. I just happened to catch the video last night and it left quite an impression. The video achieved what too often is left out of news media videos: it told a compelling story. Too often, we're shooting a news scene and calling it a video. Maybe it's dramatic enough to work -- a rescue from a burning home, for example. But those are in the minority. Once newspapers start to understand that they need to approach videos the same way that they approach well-written stories, the quality will surely increase. That's my two cents. Henry Yoni,
Good post. I just happened to catch the video last night and it left quite an impression. The video achieved what too often is left out of news media videos: it told a compelling story.
Too often, we’re shooting a news scene and calling it a video. Maybe it’s dramatic enough to work — a rescue from a burning home, for example. But those are in the minority.
Once newspapers start to understand that they need to approach videos the same way that they approach well-written stories, the quality will surely increase.
That’s my two cents.
Henry

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