Iain Hepburn, who edited the footage, shows how the Mail is using Flip cameras to cover hard news topics – in this case Charles Lavery in Afghanistan.
Iain Hepburn: Flip Ultra footage from Sunday Mail’s Afghanistan coverage
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How Do: BBC and ITV propose shared regional video coverage
The broadcasters suggest pooling diary event coverage, but not sharing investigative or exclusive footage, says this report from the Television in the Nations and Regions conference.
Newspaper videojournalism – mapped
Courtesy of Ian Reeves and Kent University’s Centre for Journalism comes a map plotting newspaper video experiences and experiments across the world.
The map is intended as a place for journalists and publishers to share tips and examples of ‘best practice’ in newspaper video journalism and can be contributed to at this link.
YouTube and Pulitzer announce five Project:Report finalists
Project Report, the journalism contest organised by YouTube and the Pulitzer Center to reward non-professional journalists producing videos, is drawing to a close.
Until January 9, viewers can vote on videos produced by the five finalists, who have progressed through two previous rounds of the competition, producing a different short film each time.
Entries include videos about Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender (GLBT) groups in the US, sexual abuse by priests and a community of developmentally disabled adults.
Videos can be watched and voted for on the YouTube Project:Report channel and the winner, who will receive a $10,000 grant to report on any topic, from anywhere in the world, and a scholarship at the Pulitzer Center, will be declared on 11 January.
Currybetdotnet: What now for local online news video?
Martin Belam turns his attention to local newspaper websites, starting with an overview of video output.
Press Gazette: Bauer Radio MD slams BBC video plans
BBC proposals to invest £68 million over five years in local, on-demand news video will ‘destroy’ commercial radio’s prospects online, said Mark Story, Bauer Radio managing director for national brands, at an industry conference yesterday.
Jeremy Dear responds to regional media/BBC Local row
Following coverage of last week’s comments by National Union of Journalists (NUJ) chief Jeremy Dear, about his bemusement with the regional press’ opposition to the BBC’s proposals to extend local video offerings online, the general secretary has responded, saying that there’s ‘room for everyone’ in the regional market.
“My point is that the local newspapers campaign is for their own vested interests – they don’t care about ensuring local people have a variety of sources of news, comment and entertainment. They want to be able to capture the market themselves. I fully support the newspapers’ expansion in to online media and I hope they capture a significant part of the audience – but it has to be done through quality content, with enough staff and resources to win ‘eyeballs’ not by stopping the licence fee payer being able to access BBC local services,” he writes in a blog post.
Dear adds that he has replied to a letter from Trinity Mirror’s director of corporate communications about his remarks, but is yet to receive a response:
“I simply asked him the question that if we believe in media plurality and we accept that commercial local TV and radio can exist alongside the BBC what is so different about online?”
Regional newspaper publishers have previously told Journalism.co.uk that ‘enough staff and resources to win “eyeballs”‘ would be a much easier prospect if a £68 million, five-year investment plan was available.
The final decision on the plans is fast approaching – it’s scheduled for February 25 2009 – and perhaps now is the time for the regional press to ask themselves what can be done if their opposition fails.
Is there potential for collaboration with the BBC online, and could this drive further innovation by regional titles online in response to the competition? Or will approval of the scheme lead to a reduction in online investment by the regional media?
#socialweb: Web 3.0 – the social web (video)
We’re gathered here in Oslo this morning (25 October) with 20+ of Norwegian’s finest journalists to listen to addresses from investigative journalist and research skills trainer Colin Meek, Journalisten.no journalist and blogger Kristine Lowe. Colin will be talking about web 3.0 (the social web) and what it means for journalists). We’re streaming live, but you should be able to view this video later (gremlins permitting).
UPDATE: They turned the lights down so the audience could see the projection screen! Apologies for the poor quality of the video.
New York Times expands video online
NYTimes.com has developed a new video player to allow clips to be embedded in more sections of the site.
The player, which uses technology from Brightcove, will make video available on the homepage, individual article pages and on the site’s blogs, a release from the title said. The player also lets users send footage to social networks and bookmarking sites, including Digg, Facebook and LinkedIn.
As part of a video overhaul, the Times’ video library has been redesigned and a regularly updated list of ‘most viewed’ clips now features on the site.
“Demand for high-quality video is on the rise across the web from both our users and our advertisers,” said Nicholas Ascheim, vice president of product management for NYTimes.com, in the release.
“To meet this need, we have upgraded our technology, increased our production values and given video even more prominence across the site.”
According to the release, the Times produces 100 videos a month, while also featuring content from Reuters, CNBC, MSNBC and Bloggingheads.tv.
WSJ online video training for reporters
And another for your watching pleasure. This comes from Blip TV: a brief interview with the Wall Street Journal’s deputy managing editor Alan Murray, on the WSJ’s 25-30 videos a day, the majority of which are produced by the paper’s reporters.
Kelsey Blodget, associate producer writes:
“As part of a strategy to integrate online video with the reporting, The Journal trains reporters on a regular basis in New York and San Francisco to use Sony HDR-HC9 cameras.”