This document discusses strategies for backpack journalism. It provides tips for planning stories on multiple platforms and outlets with hourly updates. It recommends tools for shooting and editing video and audio while on the go. These include DSLR cameras, smartphones, and accessories like microphones and tripods. The document emphasizes starting with a clear design and production workflow, deciding story platforms in advance, and allowing flexibility. It stresses the importance of efficient media management and working with subjects. The overall message is how journalists can cover more stories and tell them across multiple platforms.
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has power, it's treasure, we're
drawn to it. An object devoid of
intent — it's random, it's imitative, it
repels us. It's like a piece of junk
mail to be thrown away.”
- JOHN HOCKENBERRY
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WHAT DO YOU NEED TO LEARN? Infographics
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Work with others
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Headlines
Video Editing
Audio Recording
InDesign
Book flights
Photoshop
What is news
Web Stuff
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Work in foreign countries
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30. Surviv
e
Writing
Tie a tie
Interviewing
Sleep
Photography
Final Cut Pro
Get out of jail less
CMS
Ledes
Drink more coffee
CS
Deal with
S
PR
Get coffee
Infographics
Work with others
Walk your editor’s dog
Headlines
Video Editing
Audio Recording
InDesign
Book flights
Photoshop
What is news
Web Stuff
Illustrator
Work in foreign countries
HTML5
WHY
43. START WITH A GOOD
DESIGN
• Decide the platform of your story
ahead of time
• Be able to change that platform on a
dime
• Is this complimenting the story?
44. EXECUTION
• Scout if possible
• Be efficient with video/audio
managements
• Work with your subject to help them
understand the final project
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47. After a two year battle with cancer, John Fitzgerald
didn’t have to look far for a final resting place that
would satisfy his wife, Yvette and mother nature.
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50. FINAL THOUGHTS
• Design a strategy for your
organization
• Start small
• Budget for mistakes
• Don’t let the technology get in the
way of the story