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Keep it simple when writing TV news
Every writer knows the KISS rule: Keep It Simple, Stupid! But too many writers forget to apply it, loading their stories with so much information that the viewers’ eyes glaze over. KGO reporter Wayne Freedmancompares the way writers over-stuff stories to the way travelers cram suitcases with so many clothes that everything comes out wrinkled. […]
Forty years of knowledge summed up…
Norman Alley, after forty years behind a camera, describing his philosophy when it comes to news photography in a 1956 interview: “While he has photographed some of the most dramatic pictures of events of the twentieth century, Alley likes to think of himself as a reporter who uses a camera instead of a pencil. He […]
Read More →Nashville Crew Heads to Auburn With the Music Initiative
War eagle, y’all! I was in Auburn, AL for the weekend with the Music Initiative. Armed with a Panasonic HVX-200 and a Nexto, I found myself covering all the pregame action. Our day started on a practice field with Auburn University’s marching band. It was really cool to see how they get ready for the […]
Read More →Logan’s Scrum
In the little seen Terminator prequel, Rutger Hauer stars as John Connor’s father, Sal, a hapless NBC cameraman turned time-traveling cyborg killing machine. Lauded for its early use of steadicam technology, the film was equally ridiculed for its nonse…
Read More →Logan’s Scrum
In the little seen Terminator prequel, Rutger Hauer stars as John Connor’s father, Sal, a hapless NBC cameraman turned time-traveling cyborg killing machine. Lauded for its early use of steadicam technology, the film was equally ridiculed for its nonse…
Read More →Rhinestone BeFrank!
I’m not sure how I got tossed into the mix on this particular shoot, but seeing as it was an easy (no possibility of a live shot) HFR, I was extremely gung-ho to do it.Glen Cambell lives!That’s how my mind reacted to the news that Serene Branson would …
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