Over the past decade journalism has been moving rapidly away from print and towards broadcast as technology advances. As a journalism major, I know that simply writing will not suffice in today's media.
I think my biggest concern about broadcast would be messing up on air. I always imagined that the reporters on television only got one shot, and that they must have just been perfect each time. After taking the first two slices of this course, I realize that isn't the case. Just like I will need to, the reporters on TV try again and again until they get the shot right.
I am concerned about the different structure of a video interview. When I am interviewing someone without a camera, I have a lot of extra room to make small talk, but while I'm on camera, I need to keep conversation to a minimum and focus on my subject. Learning this different interviewing technique might be difficult.
I have never been a tech person, so that is another concern for me. I'm clumsy, i drop things, and it is a lot easier to break a camera than to break a notebook. I also think I will have trouble lining up my shots correctly.
However, I know that the techniques I learn in this class will help me get a career and become a better journalist, so I am excited for that.
I chose print because not only did I love writing, but I really had no confidence that I could go in front of a camera and interview someone without stumbling over my words. After getting acquainted with the technology, now I am not as concerned about that and I hope to learn much more this year to help get me comfortable with technology.
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