._._z Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Still-frame technology is already good enough for many print editions, not to mention video's usefulness and current integration with web news. Considering the added value of video to content providers and the cutbacks by news organizations, is the future of photojournalism image slices shot by videographers/videojournalists? http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002765131 http://digitalcontentproducer.com/hdhdv/depth/photo_finish_2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oceanphysics Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelging Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Yes, we are already doing it at our Information Center (used to be called a Newspaper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonj Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 It's a tricky topic. A Video guy is a bit different from a photographer. Most of the News camera guys I have met don't approach things as photographer would. They just want 15 seconds up close 15 seconds wide and they are gone.A photojournalist waits for that on moment even if that moment is on the video I doubt it will beat what a skilled photographer would have captured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhooru Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Possibly. Should we start video.net?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allgone Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Michael - You must be a Gannett Guy. As another Gannett-er from the Asbury Park Press said to me last month at the NPPA short course - "the bus has already left the building" when referring to video. It's not really something of the future, it's something of the present. I was surprised to hear that the video work the Asbury paper is doing was actually used as pool video for t.v. and not just for an affiliate station. Pretty much everyone I know in my area who is a still news photographer is either beginning or already working with video as well. The area's largest paper has published some frame grabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsimard Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I just got de-hired from an assignment because they found out I wasn't doing video as well as photo. So I guess my answer to this question is YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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