http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2006/10/13/analysis-video-journalism-is-the-easy-option-2/ A conversation. Tue, 22 May 2012 11:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2006/10/13/analysis-video-journalism-is-the-easy-option-2/#comment-584 ridinthetide Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:51:00 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2006/10/13/analysis-video-journalism-is-the-easy-option-2/#comment-584 You raise some interesting points, but i think you've forgotten one of the core benefits of video on the net, it knows no boundaries. It is not restricted to the conventional shape and form of tv news and there is so much more to learn, we are only at the beginning of exploring the full potential of online broadcasting. The net can take video journalism to the world, and surfers can experience events and stories not just through words, but through vision and sound... as the saying goes- 'a picture tells a thousand words!' I think you are right in that there will always be a place for print, but if we can give people video footage, their understanding and capacity to respond to, and analyse history and events will only be improved. Also, the interactivity of online video doesn't simply stop with the fact it's available, but many servers now, in particular news services, encourage people to respond to video's through blogs, email and comments such as this- and is that not achieving your goal for people to engage in more thought and analysis?Internet users demand video content from their news and information providers. If these organisations remain ignorant to this fact, they'll fall behind in the push for faster, better news. Ultimately their traffic will turn elsewhere... and it could easily be the kid next door producing homemade reports from his video phone!I'm all for change and i think humans have a natural instinct for curiosity. Testing out video and seeing how far we can push is all part of this process. Eventually we'll discover a new craze and the hype associated with having flash players and video links will pass, but as with anything with a little substance, letters and words will remain... they are a timeless tool for communication. You raise some interesting points, but i think you’ve forgotten one of the core benefits of video on the net, it knows no boundaries. It is not restricted to the conventional shape and form of tv news and there is so much more to learn, we are only at the beginning of exploring the full potential of online broadcasting. The net can take video journalism to the world, and surfers can experience events and stories not just through words, but through vision and sound… as the saying goes- ‘a picture tells a thousand words!’ I think you are right in that there will always be a place for print, but if we can give people video footage, their understanding and capacity to respond to, and analyse history and events will only be improved. Also, the interactivity of online video doesn’t simply stop with the fact it’s available, but many servers now, in particular news services, encourage people to respond to video’s through blogs, email and comments such as this- and is that not achieving your goal for people to engage in more thought and analysis?Internet users demand video content from their news and information providers. If these organisations remain ignorant to this fact, they’ll fall behind in the push for faster, better news. Ultimately their traffic will turn elsewhere… and it could easily be the kid next door producing homemade reports from his video phone!I’m all for change and i think humans have a natural instinct for curiosity. Testing out video and seeing how far we can push is all part of this process. Eventually we’ll discover a new craze and the hype associated with having flash players and video links will pass, but as with anything with a little substance, letters and words will remain… they are a timeless tool for communication.

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