Comments on: New contender for worst newspaper video http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/ This is a conversation. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:55:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A new nomination for Worst Newspaper Video - Reading Evening Post does it again « Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-263 A new nomination for Worst Newspaper Video - Reading Evening Post does it again « Online Journalism Blog Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:14:57 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-263 [...] the previous contender for Worst Newspaper Video have done it again. But this time, instead of Sports Editor David Wright, it’s young gun News [...] [...] the previous contender for Worst Newspaper Video have done it again. But this time, instead of Sports Editor David Wright, it’s young gun News [...]

]]> By: anoymous http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-262 anoymous Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:29:21 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-262 You know, none of you are funny at all. You know, none of you are funny at all.

]]> By: It's not the BBC the newspapers need to worry about, it's ITV Local « MediaBizTech http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-255 It's not the BBC the newspapers need to worry about, it's ITV Local « MediaBizTech Thu, 03 May 2007 19:22:07 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-255 [...] (and I don’t) the trial has had a good effect in mobilising newspapers into producing video, some with better results than others.  However approval for the service is travelling down the BBC Trust’s approval process which [...] [...] (and I don’t) the trial has had a good effect in mobilising newspapers into producing video, some with better results than others.  However approval for the service is travelling down the BBC Trust’s approval process which [...]

]]> By: Hack Attack » Blog Archive » The Internet: jack of all trades, master of none? http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Hack Attack » Blog Archive » The Internet: jack of all trades, master of none? Wed, 02 May 2007 20:17:39 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-261 [...] have to look far to find bad newspaper video. Andy Dickinson over on his blog, in a response to a post by Paul Bradshaw reiterates Paul’s belief that the most important part of making good online video is to watch [...] [...] have to look far to find bad newspaper video. Andy Dickinson over on his blog, in a response to a post by Paul Bradshaw reiterates Paul’s belief that the most important part of making good online video is to watch [...]

]]> By: Newspaper Video: do’s and don’ts : Andy Dickinson.net http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Newspaper Video: do’s and don’ts : Andy Dickinson.net Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:03:07 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-260 [...] A post from Paul Bradshaw caught my eye. He seems to have acquired the formidable skill of sniffing out ‘bad’ online video. His previous benchmark ,The Bolton News, has been usurped: The bar has just been lowered by Reading Evening Post’s Sports Editor David Wright’s video bulletin, a painful lesson in how not to do online video: [...] [...] A post from Paul Bradshaw caught my eye. He seems to have acquired the formidable skill of sniffing out ‘bad’ online video. His previous benchmark ,The Bolton News, has been usurped: The bar has just been lowered by Reading Evening Post’s Sports Editor David Wright’s video bulletin, a painful lesson in how not to do online video: [...]

]]> By: This critique is right up my alley | News Videographer http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-259 This critique is right up my alley | News Videographer Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:29:53 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-259 [...] Online Journalism Blog, and I’m thinking I like this blogger’s style. Go check out his funny critique of a “sports vlog” from Australia. Mindy McAdams emailed me the [...] [...] Online Journalism Blog, and I’m thinking I like this blogger’s style. Go check out his funny critique of a “sports vlog” from Australia. Mindy McAdams emailed me the [...]

]]> By: newsvideographer http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-258 newsvideographer Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:24:32 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-258 That's pretty funny. That’s pretty funny.

]]> By: Hil Hunt http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Hil Hunt Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:34:36 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-257 You could add a couple more: 9. Try being interesting or at least (unintentionally) funny. 10. If you can't, at least tell us something new - not a list of the bleeding obvious. It's not confined to Bolton & Reading - this stuff is all over the place. Why do news sites persist with multimedia without hiring the right skills? You'd no more ask a video technician to design a front page than pay a graphic designer to doorstep the mighty. Surely it's worse for a newspaper's reputation to offer up risible stuff like this than to leave video to the experts? (Or at least to the gifted amateurs?) You could add a couple more:

9. Try being interesting or at least (unintentionally) funny.

10. If you can’t, at least tell us something new – not a list of the bleeding obvious.

It’s not confined to Bolton & Reading – this stuff is all over the place. Why do news sites persist with multimedia without hiring the right skills? You’d no more ask a video technician to design a front page than pay a graphic designer to doorstep the mighty. Surely it’s worse for a newspaper’s reputation to offer up risible stuff like this than to leave video to the experts? (Or at least to the gifted amateurs?)

]]> By: Martin Stabe » links for 2007-04-23 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Martin Stabe » links for 2007-04-23 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:21:40 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-254 [...] Online Journalism Blog: New contender for worst newspaper video Paul Bradshaw isn’t impressed with the Reading Evening Post’s new sports video bulletin. Paul offers some helpful hints for shooting video, like “if you use a cloth for a background, make sure you iron it.”. (tags: video newspapers readingeveningpost) [...] [...] Online Journalism Blog: New contender for worst newspaper video Paul Bradshaw isn’t impressed with the Reading Evening Post’s new sports video bulletin. Paul offers some helpful hints for shooting video, like “if you use a cloth for a background, make sure you iron it.”. (tags: video newspapers readingeveningpost) [...]

]]> By: Wordblog » Blog Archive » Video help needed at Reading http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Wordblog » Blog Archive » Video help needed at Reading Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:00:30 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/new-contender-for-worst-newspaper-video/#comment-256 [...] editor, David Wright, is a “new contender for the worst newspaper video” according to Paul Bradshaw, who teaches online journalism at the University of Central [...] [...] editor, David Wright, is a “new contender for the worst newspaper video” according to Paul Bradshaw, who teaches online journalism at the University of Central [...]

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