Newspapers are going Multimedia and not turning back...
(Sunday, August 05, 2007)
- Pawel Dwulit
Its undeniable that the news media industry is beginning to rely on various methods of transmitting information to readers. Specifically, I’m talking about the rise of film/video in the newspaper world. These days newspaper websites are being relied on more and more by people for the same amount and quality of information as is made available in print.
These changes have been anticipated for years and are really obvious today. Just check out the Washington Post or New York Times websites and see for yourself what they’re presenting to people that don’t even subscribe to their daily print editions.
For an inside look check out this video put together by Apple on how the Washington Post is using Macintosh technology to produce award winning multimedia journalistic content.
At the photojournalism program at Loyalist College this fall we’re going to be learning on Apple’s Final Cut Pro from National Post videographer/photographer Brett Foster. Some of his work is here.
I came across this change in the industry when I shot Conrad Black recently in Chicago. Tom Hanson from Canadian Press was shooting both digital stills and digital video. The day when still cameras are replaced by high-def digital video cameras is on the horizon…
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