Hi there, if you’re wondering why this blog hasn’t been updated in a while, I can tell you it’s because I have shifted my attention on to another project.
I am now blogging for stuff.co.nz in a blog called ‘Connector‘ – it’s a tech blog updated daily Monday to Friday, discussing a huge range of topics, so feel free to check it out to see my latest discussion.
As for this blog, I’m going to leave it up as a tribute to the good times I had during journalism school and also as a resource for anyone considering this awesome career.
All of the tutorials will be left in place for use also. I may occasionally use it as a platform for sharing an item.
DEBATE on the future of journalism is rife on the internet, and the talk has never been fiercer, more competitive, more verbose or harder to understand.
It strikes me that some people are simply talking the walk, as opposed to the vica-versa. Are you a social/new-media scene queen/king? How many social-media sites do you belong to? Do you use them all often and productively? How many new services do we need? Is this an efficient use of our efforts?
WELCOME to another edition of Luke’s top ten tips – this time I’m focusing on recording audio for journalistic purposes, and the best tricks for editing and using the stuff.
If your chosen field is that of a TV reporter, radio reporter, filming enthusiast, citizen reporter or a just general all-round multimedia journo for web and what-have-you, you will quickly identify the need to collect good quality audio for broadcast. There are a few pitfalls for young players, so I’m going to give you a few tips on what to do, and what not to do.
IT’S amazing what you can produce with common toys these days, even if you’re just playing around.
On a recent trip from Wellington to Auckland, I decided to take along my Panasonic DMC-FZ8 camera (now effectively replaced by my Canon EOS 1000D DSLR) and shoot some video of the journey, the destination and a bit of activity.
I’m loving the 16:9 widescreen resolution, gives everything a nice look for some reason. Also, Please note that this is a small, light, handheld still camera with a video mode, and I was using it at full zoom pretty often, so excuse the less-than-still images.
Here are the results, do give it a chance, and I hope you enjoy.
Let me first start by saying that I am not normally one to point out the flaws of media outlets, there is plenty of that on the web, but technology is a specialty of mine and I just couldn’t go past the dodgy journalism in this article, published by The Press and on stuff.co.nz on Tuesday, September 8.
The article, “Sick of Facebook? You’re not alone“, was possibly the most unbalanced, ill-researched story I have ever read (in my limited experience).
During my time at journalism school, I shot, produced and edited a fair number of story-supplement and news videos, something I am now teaching to students of the next course.
So, I decided to share some of what I learned in ten reasonably easy steps, hopefully this will give you a rough guide on shooting video, or at least a few ideas.
IT WOULD seem (from this Stuff article) that the police are getting rather frustrated with laws which are not harsh enough to punish boy racers effectively.
Boy racers seem to be exploiting the fact that Police will break off a high speed chase once it goes above a certain speed, employing a catch-me-if-you-can attitude, to which police have no answer.
In this digital age, is it still possible to completely avoid juror bias on the big cases?
***Update: Clayston Weatherston has been found guilty of murdering Sophie Elliot. The jury has spoken.***
During the course of the Clayton Weatherston murder/manslaughter trial, public interest and discussion has been driven by an immense amount of media coverage. We, the public, have seen all the juicy bits on our 6pm news, day in, day out – all the best scenes, comments, questions and answers, almost as much as the people in the courtroom.
Surely, those 11 jurors – whom are not sequestered (cooped up), and could be reading this right now, and anything else they like – have been influenced by SOME form of personal opinion outside of the courtroom.
WRITING stories is the bread and butter of the working journalist, but you may find yourself sent out with a camera to take the photo as well all too often.
In my experience, the ability to capture a good photo can sometimes be the difference between your story being the lead, or a page three.
We all know how to point and shoot (hopefully!), but I want to give you my top ten tips and tricks which will help you make those shots count…
Dorothy, Toto and Tin Man played the Wicked Witch and Batman in central Wellington after the Sevens on Saturday night - but the games were drinking, not rugby. The city was a riot of colour and (largely clean) fun at the conclusion of super Sevens weekend, reports KYLIE KLEIN-NIXON.
The widow of a Canterbury science student says she has forgiven the drink-driver who killed her husband, but she wanted a harsher sentence than he received.
Newly revealed drone radar units – used to confound radar detectors in cars – were invented in Christchurch and have been used "on the quiet" for three years.
Judging from the vast amount of hits I have received on this topic, I thought I would put all the information I can find together, in one place.
DEBATE on the future of journalism is rife on the internet, and the talk has never been fiercer, more competitive, more verbose or harder to understand.
WELCOME to another edition of Luke’s top ten tips – this time I’m focusing on recording audio for journalistic purposes, and the best tricks for editing and using the stuff.
Let me first start by saying that I am not normally one to point out the flaws of media outlets, there is plenty of that on the web, but technology is a specialty of mine and I just couldn’t go past the dodgy journalism 
During my time at journalism school, I shot, produced and edited a fair number of story-supplement and news videos, something I am now teaching to students of the next course.
IT WOULD seem (
In this digital age, is it still possible to completely avoid juror bias on the big cases?
