Film at 11….
Posted on October 6, 2008
Honestly, though I do dislike television news, I’m looking forward to this job. It’s freelance, for one, so it affords me flexibility in my scheduling, which is important to me. More important, however, is the opportunity to shoot on a regular basis in a fast paced environment and edit on a deadline. These are skills I think every shooter and every editor should have in their toolkit. The ability to think on your feet and make informed decisions quickly is a skill not many people have, and in our business, it could mean the life or death of a project. I’ll be training to run the microwave/satellite trucks as well, which I’m really looking forward to.
What this means to me is having the opportunity to see journalism from both sides of the wall. I like the idea of citizen journalism - even with the recent hoax scandal - and I want to be able to compare it to traditional news media. Granted, this is only a local news station, but I think it presents a unique opportunity to both be an outsider in an insider’s world as well as gain some experience and practice.
Make sure you check out my audio show with Rob Blatt, called create/consume/delete. This week we’ll be talking with Dan Patterson of ABC News about citizen journalism, it’s origins, it’s effects, and it’s future.
In the end, of course, I’m really in this for the press badge. 
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Congrats! I totally agree that working in a fast paced environment is the best thing for videographers/editors. I worked for a college video team and everything ran on speed and agility. And those are awesome skill sets to have.