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Becoming the News
Contributed by John Woods It is one of our greatest fears as journalists. Whether it’s getting assaulted while covering a story, getting in a wreck on the way to a story, or getting a DUI after a long day of covering assaults and car wrecks – we don’t want to Read More →
Comments on the b-roll.net AWARDS?
Again, I want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s b-roll.net AWARDS. There were some amazing stories and a lot of very talented winners out there. Thanks also to Fujinon, Zylight, Anton/Bauer, and ProSource for supporting the contest and helping fund the solid crystal trophies that are being produced Read More →
BBC Edit of Obama Speech Raises Ethical Issues
From: Al Tompkins, Poynter.org A recent BBC show has raised controversy about ethical editing of speeches. “The BBC’s Newsnight show recently opened with what seemed like a single soundbite from President Barack Obama’s inauguration speech. As it turns out, though, the BBC used three different parts of the inauguration speech Read More →
Winners of the b-roll.net AWARDS
Looking through the entries from this year’s b-roll.net AWARDS is truly inspirational. Not only do I feel the need to improve my “game,” but I am encouraging to see that there are still TV news organizations that are doing it right. Telling quality stories with good pictures. Thanks to everyone Read More →
Voting is Over in the b-roll.net AWARDS
As of 12 noon ET on Saturday, the b-roll.net AWARDS voting is over. We’re looking over the vote tallies, and we’ll announce the winner almost immediately. We’ll announce the winners Saturday afternoon. Good luck to everyone…
Read More →b-roll.net Inauguration Photos
We want to see your photos from coverage of the Obama Inauguration. Email your photos to: photos@b-roll.net. Put the title of the photo as the subject, and a description in the body of the email. Join the Flickr group: http://flickr.com/groups/b-roll and add your photos from DC. I’m new to Flickr, Read More →
Round 2 of the b-roll.net AWARDS
Round 1 of voting in the b-roll.net AWARDS is complete. Congratulations to the photographers who shot the 130 clips that made it to the second round. We started with 436 clips and you judged them well. Now we’ve taken the top videos in each category and brought them into Round Read More →