Stay Ahead of the News Curve: 5 Visual Trends to Watch
As technology continues to evolve, so does the way consumers view and engage with stories.
PRN Media How-To: Find Photos, Video and Other Multimedia To Help Tell Your Story
This latest installment of PRN Media How-To focuses on making the most of PR Newswire for Journalists’ Multimedia Gallery. Catch up on previous how-tos and try our free media tools for yourself by signing up at prnmedia.prnewswire.com. When it comes to telling a story, art is a critical component. I’ve worked in many newsrooms that either…
14 Design Tools We Love for Blogging
How much time do you spend fussing over the words in a blog post? Probably a lot, right? The tone, the grammar, the storytelling – it has to be perfect. Unfortunately, we often don’t put in the same effort with another aspect of blogging that’s just as important: The blog post’s visuals. A couple of years ago, Jeff Bullas wrote…
Creating a News Story With Video: Q&A with Wochit’s Drew Berkowitz
Whether you’re a major news publication or blogger, you need to know how to tell an engaging story. More frequently, that means using video and other dynamic visuals. Drew Berkowitz, SVP of partnerships for video creation platform Wochit, helps publishers tell these types of stories quickly and efficiently. “Forrester Research released a statistic that 1.8…
4 Takeaways for Storytellers from This Year’s Peabody Awards
A record was set when the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards were presented on Monday. Forty-six recipients — the largest number of Peabody winners in a single year — were honored. After reviewing the script for this year’s awards ceremony, emcee Ira Glass (whose This American Life also took home an award), told the crowd there was no way around it…
Tell Us: How Do You Use Multimedia?
We would like to hear how multimedia is being integrated into your newsgathering and the types of images and videos you and your media outlet are most likely to use.
42% of Journalists and Bloggers Report Using More Multimedia
As we prepared for the changes to PR Newswire for Journalists this week, we asked media professionals via LinkedIn and Twitter how their news content has evolved. Half of the poll’s respondents indicated the biggest change has been an increased focus on a story’s popularity over news value. The second largest shift was in the importance of…
