What I Learned in Multimedia Journalism Class?

I already have few years experience in the field of journalism. When i register for that class, i was thinking that what i am going to learn in this class as i already have experience.
I have 3 years of experience in the print media and almost 3 in the electronic media, but i haven't any experience about making video and editing.
I am interesting in learning of video making, audio recording and editing. This is the reason i select this class.
I learn how to make videos and editing now. And i learn other stuff as well in this class also.
I learn how to make storyboard before working on any story. I never did that before, but once i learn this i realize how much helpful it is. Because when we are doing any story several times we forget some important things, and later we tell our self that we should also cover that angel of the story.
The storyboard is helpful because we have outline of the story already in our hand and then we just need to follow those steps, which is really helpful, and make our story perfect.
Nowadays due to economy issues several media outlet don't afford salary of different specialists. Now they need a journalist who works independently on every task.
It is good for every journalist now to learn all these new skills to work in this competitive field.
I must say that this is not only good useful when we are working for other media outlets, but it is really helpful for our own website or blog.
Now journalism is totally on a new path. Every day we have something new in the market. So we have to be aware of new technology and learn also.
This is what i learn in this multimedia journalism class.
 

Online News Association Award 2011

Online news association is the non-profit organization for different type of journalism. Every year they organise award for different categories.

In 2011, Al-Jazeera won the award in category of breaking news. Al-Jazeera won award on the coverage of Uprising in Egypt.

In the uprising in Egypt story, they cover each and every moment of the story. They cover the protest on Tahir Square to the trail of Hosni Mubarak, former President of Egypt, who ruled in Egypt for more then a decade.

Al-Jazeera has the vast network in the Middle East. They do stories on every issue. They have brief articles, video, news and blog on every issue.

Now a days, they are doing stories on Syria violence. They are doing live coverage on Syria. We can check their websites, where we can easily find updates on Syria.

Al-Jazeera is considered as a best source by world media on the Middle East news because in Middle East other media is run by the order of government.

Entrepreneurial journalism

www.thenewstribe.com

www.unitednews.com.pk


What makes them Entrepreneurial websites?

The owners of these websites invested money on these websites not for the short term business, but for the long term business. And they also wants to have a well reputed news websites.

The Entrepreneurial journalism websites has same staff like other news outlets, but here common people can also contribute in it.

The people can also give there opinions on what they like or what they don't like.

These types of websites need lot more effort then other news outlets to make it successful.

Video Editorial on Same-sex Marriage

Two story ideas for Final Project:

1. I am thinking to make one short feature on Public Radio KSER:

- Introduction on how independent radio works

- Interview of the head in public radio

- Some inserts of doing radio programs live

- Interview of news director

- Interview of volunteers RJs in Radio station

- People vox pop on Public Radio

2. International students problem:

- Interview of international student adviser on "How many international students come to the college every year and what problems they faced?"

- Interview of few international students.

Questions:

1. What kind of problems they faced?

2. What issues they have in studies?

3. What type of issues they have in living?

4. How hard to get job?

5. What type of relations they have with local students?

- Interview of international club president

Questions:

1. How much international students active on campus activities?

-Interview of any instructor on what kind of issues he/she thinks international students face.

What is storyboard? How to use it? Why?

A storyboard is the most often used tool for getting a sense of how an idea will work before putting it down on tape. It consists of a series of images, much like the panels of a comic strip, that give you an idea of how to compose different scenes.
How to use
Hitchcock was well known for storyboarding every shot in his films. In fact, he was so meticulous about it that he considered that phase of the production--drawing the storyboards--to be the actual process of making the film. For him, shooting the film was just a necessary evil; the making of the storyboards was where most of the creative work took place.
But the question arises how can drawing a few storyboards have such an effect on the final outcome of a film or video? The main reason is time. Storyboarding is done before the video ever shows up on tape. Rather than spending time with a fully charged and powered up camera in the hand trying to decide what and how to shoot the video, the artist sit in a room and go over the script in detail. In essence, he pretends he is shooting the video and he draws each shot as he goes. Then reviewing these drawings in sequence to make sure everything will go together the way he think it will. If it doesn't, its best to know this beforehand. That way, he can make changes before he shoot, sometimes eliminating the need for re-shooting.
Why:
To save yourself more trouble. Visualizing your ideas before you shoot allows you, by yourself, on your own time, to get an idea of what will and what won't work. True, this won't solve everything, but it can go a long way toward giving your production a professional finish.

Tourism affected due to Naxalism

This is the multimedia editorial news. In this video ANI news agency highlights the tourism problems.