Investigation into the Fro-Yo Trend – Week #2
I think the reporting portion of the project will be the most challenging. I have preliminary research done for a text story and I know which sources to tap for all portions of the project. However, with the recent Bay Area storm and the cold weather, it is difficult to walk into a frozen yogurt shop and capture action in photos and talk to customers! I also encountered a problem when I walked into the shop my best friend used to work at and I talked to the cashier. She said that filming and taking pictures was not allowed. She might have been new and/or clueless because when I walked into another shop, the cashier said it was okay to take pictures. I may try to touch base with the manager at the store in question, otherwise I’m just going to walk in there and hope another cashier will be there to say yes.
For those taking Digital Newsgathering in the spring, I strongly suggest that students take these two pieces of advice -
1. Manage your time wisely. Capturing audio, photos, and video is more time-consuming than most people would realize. Sometimes you might have to reserve an entire day in your schedule in order to do multimedia reporting and putting together all the pieces and polishing the final product. It’s all doable but in order to produce the best work, you have to set aside a lot of time.
2. Don’t be afraid to get into people’s faces. I think all journalists should follow this rule, but if you’re a multimedia journalist, you have to be more assertive and fearless since you have to capture more of another’s essence – their faces, their body language, their work, and basically their entire world. You have to negotiate and communicate with your subjects well about what may be gained or lost if a photo or video of them is shared on the Internet. However, in this case, it’s just for a grade, so let them know and hopefully they’ll be willing to lend some help to you.
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