#multimedia journalism

•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—•—

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡-𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥!🛡️ In a world drowning in misinformation and disinformation. We, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, are currently taking a 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 course subject that serves a platform for disseminating accurate information, courageous voices, and eye-openers. We encourages community and you 🫵🏻 to be a part of 𝐊𝐨𝐦𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 family! By 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 for more updates! 📋

👇🏻

What is a Multimedia Journalism

Multimedia journalism is the process of telling a story by combining graphics, video footage, and text, that engages the audience. Journalist distributes news content using media formats via the Internet or spreads the news report via multiple platforms. Multimedia journalists work for newspapers, radio stations and television stations or social media. It was relatively new and still growing…

Reflection Six

By Tiana Binns

Ryan Sampson’s day to day life in the sports world of journalism, although a field I have little knowledge on, sounds like a riveting experience. Through the hundreds of sports events where the game is so fast paced, I can’t imagine the stress and excitement that must come along with that kind of reporting adrenaline. It was important to me to see how much of the advice and skill sets that Sampson has to have as a sports reporter carries over just as well to almost any type of communications career. Good networking is a piece of advice that I believe is incredibly versatile and probably one of the most important pieces of knowledge that Elon has taught me over the years and I always enjoy seeing how that applies to a myriad of pathways within communications in the real world. 

I think getting to have an insight into the community that Sampson works with as well was an aspect of his talk that stood out to me. Over the years you work with the same people, you see historic events in sports and that bond is created through that mutual love and respect for the work being done. I think that is one of the main reasons I began my interest in journalism in the first place is the connections and community that is created through the stories being told. 

By Tiana Binns

This story was incredibly powerful and emotional. Scott’s journey through life from the inception of his mother’s illness to his chaotic life as a club promoter to his ultimate call for change through Charity Water is inspiring. His story truly shows how anybody can change the world for the better. This story was particularly personal to me as for my 18th birthday, I was asking for donations from friends and family in order for me to participate in a school led choir trip to England in which my family could not afford on our own. I decided with the encouragement of my generous mother to donate 30% of the donations I received for my trip to Charity Water. I had never seen this video previously, so being able to see the larger change that I took part in truly tugged at my heart strings. Overall, I ended up raising $925 in which I donated 30% to Charity Water. I had no idea the larger picture of this organization and the community of people giving up birthdays and holidays to give new lives to people around the world. 

Aside from the heartfelt story itself, from a journalistic standpoint, the work Scott initially was involved with as being a photojournalist on Dr. Gary Parker’s medical boat is extremely important and the information that Scott provides from Charity Water, such as the geolocations, photos and videos available for donors to see brings immense credibility to the project, especially with the increased skepticism that Americans have in regards to charities and where their money is actually going. That in itself I believe brought immense success to this project. Nowadays, it is difficult for the average person to find solid truth in many news organizations and news sites, as there is just so much information out there that is not always fact checked, so by providing solid and visual proof of the work being done in this charity is so important. 

By: Tiana Binns

I think that Mike Castellucci has an interesting approach to his storytelling. I did enjoy the camera work and the clarity of the footage for being shot on an iPhone and it’s amazing to me that he was able to create whole coherent stories while fully filming on his iPhone. There was a lot of good b-roll and various angles so overall filming wise I think he does great work. Storytelling wise I wasn’t completely impressed personally. I enjoyed how he found unique subjects to tell his stories about and that made it interesting, but some of the stories, specifically the one about the scale model city and train did not live up to my expectations. 

I found that specific story, which is the third story in this video series, to be unclear and poorly edited. The jump cuts were incredibly abrupt and there were many times where the narrating coincided with the subjects in the video speaking. I thought that that could possibly have been a personal choice for Mike Castellucci to do on purpose, but in translation to viewers I just felt like it made the piece look messy and sloppily put together. It also starts off in a way that is a little too overwhelming and confusing as a viewer. He went between three different subjects, having them all say one or two sentences that to the viewer doesn’t make sense as we have no idea what the story is supposed to be about yet. 

Many people use that type of intro as a sort of hook for the viewer to catch their attention and keep it on the video, however, going between three subjects all saying vague statements I think was too much ambiguity and if I were to see this on my own I would have most likely clicked off of the video because for the first minute it is unclear what is going on. The confusion is also only cleared up a little bit in the rest of the story as well, so even by the end of it I was still unclear about what exactly I was supposed to be getting out of the story. Journalism in basic terms is storytelling, so it is incredibly important that your story is relatively easy for a viewer to follow.

By Tiana Binns

https://www.adamwolffbrandt.com/

Listening to Adam speak about his experiences and career development was very helpful and interesting. His stories and his reel are incredibly well put together. As I potentially want to go into multimedia journalism it was helpful to see his reel and how he put it together, as he said using softer, more relaxed music in his reel because many people use really energetic music and that affects the viewer in a different way. I lean a lot more towards photography than videography so getting to know the path Adam took as a more video focused career peaked my interest, such as his video focus in college and participation in the Hearst Championship. 

The things that he mentioned that I resonated with the most was when he spoke about how important making connections are and the experiences he has been able to have by making good and consistent connections through various projects you may be involved in. He said he got his position at Bloomberg News by making good connections with people at work who referred him. That is especially important for freelance work like Adam does, so when people like you and the work you do they will rehire you for other jobs or refer you to other people they know. I think making connections with people is probably one of the most important pieces of advice that I have learned at Elon, as it can really create experiences for you that you didn’t know were possible as well as create lifelong friendships. He also explained how the longer he’s been in the business making these connections, the more consistent his jobs become, which is important to remember as sometimes it can be hard to get jobs as a freelancer when first starting out. 

"We’ve all done it. Bought that lottery ticket we know can change our lives."

Today on Grand Valley State University Week, Jeff Lowenstein, assistant professor of multimedia journalism, says win or lose, it could do more harm than good.