Paul Bradshaw's first podcast on the use of video for online media sites has aroused some comments.
"A more mountainous pile of pompous, tendentious,according to one commentator
ill-informed claptrap is hard to imagine. I’d suggest that you get out of the
academic ivory tower, start talking to some real-world publishers and build an
accurate picture of what’s happening before you pontificate any further"
He interviewed Andy Dickinson of UCLAN and Andy Price of Tee side University who discuss the issues surrounding the implementation of video on newspaper sites.
As Andy D says,the whole issue has been a massive leap for print journalists an yet both their experiences in training organisations seems to suggest that organisations are not taking it seriously.
Newspapers have not as yet realised the potential and are not devoting either enough time or resources to the medium.Th editor sees the medium as being "little telly"
Andy P is frightened by the lack of quality,a lack of editorial control over the product.He was alarmed by the disdain shown by organisations to the web audience.
Basically the ethos of a newspaper does not suit the video media.The Print media according to Andy D,are used to "banging out a daily paper" to a timescale dictated by the printing press.Video journalism revolves around different timescales.
They both forward to a time in the none too distant future where a small band of innovative journalists break away from the constraints of the "newsroom"
4 comments:
I'm gonna politely disagree with you. Newspaper video is, granted, still at the trial and error stage. But I've seen it done right, and done well, and it has a lot of potential. Especially for - dare I say it - evergreen content. (ew, buzz word!) Talking heads and tv video are wrong. A story that lends itself to more showing and less telling can result in amazing video.
Agree with you, Megan - there is definitely a place for newspaper video - but given limited resources, I wonder whether it's best done this way.
Paul,
The debate that came up on your podcast seemed to suggest that given the limited resources devoted to video it was better that these resources were used in differnet ways.
Megan,your correct that done right it has a lot to add to presentation,but looking at a lot of newspaper sites how often is it done right
Megan.
I think there is a lot of great newspaper video out there. distinct an developing away from just TV or video journalism. I'm positive it will get better and better.
But for a lot of UK publications, video is not done well. This isn't just about the quality of the video on screen but the investment in an infrastructure that will sustain it and let it develop.
Recognizing that perhaps UK newspapers will benefit more from developing community I agree with paul's point that the way video is being done may not be the best way to sustain it.
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