Multimedia Reporting by Richard Scott Dunham

Author:Richard Scott Dunham
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811361630
Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Audio reports allow you to add layers of texture to your reporting that are harder to provide with words alone. Voiceovers (when you narrate or speak over ambient sound) create an extra layer of storytelling that print cannot provide. Sound effects are excellent for transitions, creating aural bridges between separate parts of your story. They also allow you to appeal to emotions through sound, something that cannot be done in print.

Another advantage of audio: It can transport you to a time and place in the past. Because there is not always historical video available for all situations, audio can be a useful tool to tell stories from the history books. Sixty years ago, a young CBS protégé of Murrow named Walter Cronkite first rose to news stardom by hosting a radio series entitled, “You Are There,” that used audio to bring listeners to the scene of historical events.

Not every story is a natural audio story. Mika Hentunen, a Finnish radio and television broadcaster, has a Finnish word for it: “VÄLINEENMURAINEN.” Translated into English, the message is this: “Make sure your content is ‘medium-aligned’ or medium-appropriate.” Certain stories are naturals for audio. If they are not, use another medium to tell those stories.

It’s important to remember that your writing—and your reporting—varies in small and large ways, depending on the medium you choose for your storytelling. “You need different material for each medium,” Mika Hentunen reminds us. “You need to adapt to the sensory experience of every story.” Think carefully how you can draw listeners in with ambient sound, reporting from the field, interviews, cogent narration, even music. Think about places where you had multiply the impact of the audio medium by mixing more than one audio track.

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