Author Archives: JeanetteAbrahamsen

Rule of Thirds Everyone in TV is expected to understand and follow the rule of thirds in EVERY interview and every b-roll clip. This is IMPORTANT. The good thing is, it’s also super simple if you enable grid bars on your phone or camera. DO NOT shoot without your grids enabled. The rule of thirdsContinue reading “Photography & Videography Basics”

If you’re new to WordPress check out some helpful beginner guides. Students at the University of South Florida have free access to Lynda tutorials. Just log in with your student email and search WordPress Essential Training. Posting your assignments on WordPress Go to WordPress.com and sign in using the email you used when you were invitedContinue reading “WordPress For Broadcast News Class”

Don’t feel like reading this lecture? Click here for a video of me explaining lead writing.  What is a lead? The first sentence of your story The best opportunity to grab a viewer’s attention Similar to a headline The most important thing to keep in mind when writing your lead is that it must be clearContinue reading “Lead Writing For Broadcast News”

Sound is considered an invisible medium. It’s tragic when storytellers ignore how powerful audio can be. Sound is incredibly vital to storytelling. A piece with great sound builds an environment where viewers and listeners can truly be immersed in the essence of the story. Anyone in media should always listen for sound. If you’re aContinue reading “Making Audio Visible”

Though expensive equipment and training can improve the quality of video and audio, the most important ingredient is the story. Innovation in digital video opened up endless possibilities for everyday people to tell stories and share them on platforms like YouTube. This changed the business of television because viewers are now willing to watch shaky cellContinue reading “Telling Stories With Video”

Journalism Next Chapter 1 -Richard Gingras Head of news product at Google How do you prepare for a job that doesn’t exist yet? Never stop learning. School won’t teach you everything you’ll ever need to know. It will teach you how to teach yourself more efficiently for the rest of your life. Constantly have new ideasContinue reading “Digital Workers: Intro To Mobile Journalism”

Do you love listening to my voice? Or maybe you just want to listen to me talk about this lecture. Click here to watch the lecture I gave in class. We will get into a wide variety of story forms in the producing lecture. But first, it’s important to understand the basic ingredients of aContinue reading “TV News Story Forms”

Don’t feel like reading this lecture? Click here for a video of me walking you through the key points. Want to be a great broadcast news writer? The most important responsibility is making sure your information is correct. Don’t get so caught up in getting breaking news on the air, that you forget the purposeContinue reading “Broadcast News Writing”

Accuracy vs Speed Being fast and accurate isn’t always as easy as it sounds. News managers put a lot of pressure on producers, anchors and reporters to spit breaking news out as fast as possible. A manager’s priority is to get breaking news online and on air faster than the competition. But speed lends itselfContinue reading “Breaking News”

There are hundreds of different cameras out there but most of them have some key components in common. In this lecture, I will go through some terminology for your fancy camera and give you some tips on how to use it. I will use a Panasonic AG-HMC 150 and DSLR as examples. If you haveContinue reading “You Took Your Camera Out Of Auto, Now What?”