Reporting news is not all about writing on paper. News story
can be presented in many ways, especially true in the era of multimedia and
online journalism.
News can be presented with just a single, tell-it-all photo
or video. But today I learned about using slideshow (with/without audio) to
report the news.
Some news outlet will just build an online gallery for
certain news topic. Some choose to add audio (narration, music, interview) in
it. Regardless the ending output, slideshow can be a strong reporting tool.
One example I found in the Internet is a slideshow at the
Seattle Times about Black Friday shopping in 2010
The slideshow, created by Associated Press in 2010, was
published at the Black Friday. It gives an element of news story: timeliness.
In a way, the slideshow tells the audience the process of
the biggest shopping day in the U.S. It starts by showing pictures of people
lining (read: camping) up the night before the shops were opened. It then
proceeds to pictures of the busy cashiers and shopkeepers, customers with
trolley full of goods. It ends with people moving their items into cars.
The slideshow also tells the audience that despite the
recession, people’s buying power did not decline. In fact, some customers pay
with cash. It questions if the Americans are really affected by recession.
The narration helps the audience understanding the message
in a better way. Should it was just a gallery of photos, it wouldn’t be so
informative. The narrator tells the audience what the photos are about, what is
behind them.
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