During this assignment I realized I am a lot more camera shy then I thought. I have never been embarrassed about being in front of the camera but doing this assignment took a few takes to get the final video. I enjoyed the video process however, because after a while I started to just have fun with it and enjoyed myself. Because of the nature of my blog I was not able to come up with a lot of explanation or discussion however I think I was able to address what I was hoping to accomplish with my blog. I also was not able to figure out how to layer still photos into the video which is something I hope I can figure out in the future.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Video Assignment
These are some videos I have recorded for the Grand Blanc News and the Fenton Press. They're short and simple but I figured they might be of interest. I put the link to each story underneath its video.
Carman-Ainsworth Senior Center plans New Year's Eve casino trip
Sponsoring their annual New Year's Eve Casino Trip to Odawa and Soaring Eagle Casinos, Carman-Ainsworth Senior Center is taking reservations. The cost is $145 per person and the trip last from New Year's Eve morning to New Year's Day night.
I aggregated this story because both maps allow for directions to where the citizens will be going. The first is if they choose to go to Odawa Casino and the second is if they choose Soaring Eagle Casino.
This photo was taken on April 1, 2008 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, US.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Barn fire coverage shows breaking news evolution
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| Credit: Christofer Machniak/Hartland Patch • Hartland Area Firefighter Jim Brake scrapes the charred ground as Fire Marshal Mike Bernardin takes pictures Saturday in the area where the animal barn once stood until a fire Friday night at Spicer Orchards Farm Market and Cider Mill, 10411 Clyde Road, in Hartland Township, Mich. The building that contains the farm market, winery and bakery stands in the background. |
HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Because of how the semester evolved, we didn't do a breaking news assignment as planned, but I still want to provide some insight into how this is changing the nature of journalism.
The example I'm going to use is from Hartland Patch, where on Friday night I began to report about a fire at a well-known farm and cider mill — Spicer Orchards (A photo from my follow-up story is above). What's really important to note is the first news of the fire wasn't even published by me on my site — it came from a user named Mary who broke the story in our activity stream (See below). After I saw that, I immediately checked to see if other media had anything and I found that the countywide newspaper, the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus already had a brief story and pictures. So, I engaged the audience by responding with what I knew at that point, correcting her report that it was a "large" barn and to explain that we now we're working on the story (also below).
I also linked to the Press & Argus story on Hartland Patch's Facebook page. In this new world of journalism while I still see myself competing with the paper for stories, my philosophy is to also link to their coverage whenever it's useful to my audience, especially on stories that are breaking or that I know Hartland Patch won't be doing. This could be called the Kriss Kringle strategy — in the holiday classic “Miracle on 34th Street” where Santa earns the trust of shoppers by sending Macy customers to rival Gimbel's because it makes sense and is the right thing to do. This is basically the same except I'm trying to build credibility with users as well as make Hartland Patch the place to go for hyperlocal news.
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