Today's journalist really needs to be multi skilled to do their job. And you would think that the increased availability of new technology would have made life easier for them, but sadly this is not the case. These days you have to be multi-skilled to deal with multi-media. You are no longer a newspaper journalist, but rather, you are a news journalist. You aren't just a writer, you are a camera man, an editor, a sound recorder, a graphic designer and an artist. You don't just write news, you also podcast it,vodcast it, moblog it and vlog it.
"I'm sorry," I hear you say, "are you speaking english?" Let me give you a run down.
Podcasting- everyone has the potential and the access to technology to be a radio presenter. Podcasting sound recorded with anything from a maycom to a mobile phone, edited on your computer using programs such as Audacity (for PC's) or GarageBand (for Macs). You can add sound effects, cut and paste bits together and essentially pout together your own radio show. You then upload it towherever you want it- your blog, MySpace page et al.
Vodcasting- same as podcasting except with video instead of sound. Edit it and upload it to your chosen website. You can add slideshows spliced in with videos, graphics and text. Anything you need to tell your story.
Moblogging & Vlogging- You know what a blog is right? (Course you do, you wouldn't be here otherwise). Moblogging is blogging from your mobile phone. Capture a video or image on your phone, add some text to the image, like a description of the scene, and then email it or mms it to your blog. Simple and effective.
Give it a try- it's very addictive!
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