Old MMJ-Multi Media Journalist
how many of you photogs are now reporting, or are the reporters taking your jobs?
AC
Over 20 years of shooting and I just wrote and voiced my first Pkg. Thru the years I've done many Nat Paks and shot Anchor pkgs solo, but never wrote or voiced any of them
till now.
I felt the need to produce and report a story so if, and when
layoffs come they will see me as a more versatile player in the newsroom.
I'll tell you that writing for me is like squeezing blood out of a thesaraus! And my voice, ARRrgh!
But I like my job and it actually felt good to be in complete control of a piece.
I'll post it after it airs.
PS I think that we Photogs are more valuable than reporters in this VJ enviroment because, we can light, shoot, edit, do interviews, and produce the story while most reporters are inept at all but writing/and doing St Ups.
(We just need to learn the importance of fact checking!)