When a news photographer is also the reporter, that person is referred to as a “one man band.” It is not usually offered up as a compliment.
How can you do both well, reporters and photographers ask? Historically, that was true. I’m not so sure it’s still true as cameras and editing gear become more sophisticated and lightweight.
My friend Mike‘s TV station has switched to this mode of news gathering. The jury is still out on whether it’s a success or not, though he says they cover a lot more stories.
The reason I’m writing about this now is because of a job listing from the New York Times.
NYTimes.com, the #1 newspaper site on the Web (Nielsen/NetRatings) and winner of Best News Site awards in 2005, 2004, 2003 (Editor & Publisher) is seeking a Videojournalist to join our team.
The videojournalist will be responsible for producing video segments for NYTimes.com.
Responsibilities:
Searching For Everything
OMG – how true is that? I was thinking the very same thing this afternoon, before I came upon this article on the BBC’s website.
I am off from work tonight. Steffie (home from college) thought it might be nice if we saw “Thanks For Smoking.” It’s a movie I’ve heard about, but know nothing about.
Enter Google. It didn’t take more than a few seconds before I read a review, watched the trailer and found the show times. And now, based on what I’ve found on the net, we’ll be going to a late show.
The Internet really is the information explosion we expected it to be. And, it seems to be getting better, as more and more people and businesses realize what can be leveraged and (new age word alert) ‘monetized’ with the Internet.
That BBC article went on to say, for every search performed on Google, they make 12¢! That’s unreal from a business model that didn’t exist a decade ago.
More on the movie itself later.