Telling better stories with video

Here are nine tips from the Poynter Institute on how video can enhance journalistic storytelling, with examples. "We can quickly establish a sense of place with video," Casey Frechette writes. "Wide shots — the sweeping views that establish a scene — can tell us where a story takes place and convey the size and purpose of a location. Medium shots and closeups can reveal detail and texture, providing a sense of a location’s age, condition, energy and character."

March 12, 2012

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