Skip to Content
On Camera, 2nd Edition
book

On Camera, 2nd Edition

by Nancy Reardon, Tom Flynn
June 2013
Beginner
368 pages
7h 4m
English
Routledge
Content preview from On Camera, 2nd Edition

5 Presenting the Report on Camera

This is the great divide between newspaper reporting and television journalism. It’s a Mississippi River difference between the pencil press and TV. On the one shore is the newspaperman and on the other is the television journalist. Both of you have to know how to write, both have to know how to report, but only you have to know how to do it on-camera.

The basic elements of the television reporter’s news story are:

  • open
  • package
  • tag/the close.

An open is what you tell your viewer, usually on-camera, a tease or taste of what’s coming. It sets up the story and gives the viewer a reason to watch. Do it brightly and tightly. Your open is what grabs the viewer. For recorded packages, this might be done in the studio ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

On Camera

On Camera

Nancy Reardon, Tom Flynn
Creative DSLR Photography

Creative DSLR Photography

Chris Weston, Chris Coe

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780415831833