tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post2851637651510974278..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Refocusing digital efforts, GCI wants all newspaper reporters producing web videos again; 'traditional journalists have to change' thinking, exec saysJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-23447960903020461952012-03-06T12:12:52.099-05:002012-03-06T12:12:52.099-05:00Here's the thing about video: it IS important ...Here's the thing about video: it IS important and Gannett is right to pursue it, even if it is a re-start of their effort from a few years ago. <br /><br />With a little bit of effort and training, anyone can produce a one-take effort that will enhance a story on the web.<br /><br />Others can, and should, produce regular features that included multiple cuts, B-roll footage, voice-overs and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-4023707537382546222011-12-23T01:54:12.752-05:002011-12-23T01:54:12.752-05:001:40, read the Steve Jobs biography that's in ...1:40, read the Steve Jobs biography that's in bookstores. Then you might know what you are talking about.<br /><br />Basically he was thrown out of Apple in the mid-1980s for a piss-poor management style. Even at his own company, he made multiple mistakes that led to cost overruns, missed deadlines, etc. (A missed product deadline is way more serious than missing a newspaper deadline.)<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-20246876533439608602011-12-23T00:45:25.750-05:002011-12-23T00:45:25.750-05:0011:48 It's undeniable that SOME content is far...11:48 It's undeniable that SOME content is far more compelling. But not all.<br /><br /><a href="http://gannettblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/louisville-when-story-makes-for-great.html" rel="nofollow">Here's an example</a> of video that did work.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-64646334664755093942011-12-22T23:48:37.961-05:002011-12-22T23:48:37.961-05:00Criticize, criticize, criticize ...
Anybody here ...Criticize, criticize, criticize ...<br /><br />Anybody here want to actually point out the power of video? How many more viewers does YouTube need to make a point? It's not about the editing, it's about the content.<br /><br />And it's undeniable that content is far more compelling in video than any other format. Check the views, readership, circulation or any other measure.<br /><br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76312924220003830752011-11-13T12:11:06.183-05:002011-11-13T12:11:06.183-05:00Don't miss Mark Loundy's column at Common ...Don't miss Mark Loundy's column at Common Cents http://www.loundy.org/commoncents/2011/cc_10-11.html<br />Loundy believes that any staff photographers left at Gannett are not long for this world.Andre Friedmannhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-65079712385834864932011-11-04T16:37:15.830-04:002011-11-04T16:37:15.830-04:00Folks, multimedia reporters at newspapers around t...Folks, multimedia reporters at newspapers around the country, including smaller ones, have been shooting video along with doing traditional reporting for several years. New journalism graduates already have video training and have learned to tell a story in multiple ways.<br /><br />If Gannett papers haven't been doing this they are seriously behind the times, and are unlikely to make a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-79197624975613538762011-11-04T14:54:13.839-04:002011-11-04T14:54:13.839-04:001:40 That could be said of virtually all companies...1:40 That could be said of virtually all companies. Jobs was a once-every-100-years leader.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44018443794387908692011-11-04T13:40:38.793-04:002011-11-04T13:40:38.793-04:00Speaking of Steve Jobs, there's no one current...Speaking of Steve Jobs, there's no one currently in Gannett management who comes close in character, style, management, innovation, and wisdom to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60892602176939462982011-11-04T12:57:39.310-04:002011-11-04T12:57:39.310-04:00Perhaps the folks running Gannett should listen to...Perhaps the folks running Gannett should listen to the great Steve Jobs.<br /><br />"People want “Hollywood movies and TV shows ... they don’t want amateur hour.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-80197534366245824572011-11-04T09:14:41.954-04:002011-11-04T09:14:41.954-04:00I was one of the reporters trained four years ago....I was one of the reporters trained four years ago. One big reason the effort fizzled is that Gannett insisted on making us learn the super expensive, overly complicated, buggy program called Avid rather than the industry standard, Final Cut or iMovie. Two years later, they abandoned Avid but provided no training on Final Cut. So the few entreprenuering people who were willing to learn the new Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-48366777350178704502011-11-04T09:09:05.726-04:002011-11-04T09:09:05.726-04:00Ms. Walters, it's not an attitude problem that...Ms. Walters, it's not an attitude problem that keeps reporters from shooting video. It's a lack of resources and the fact that still, after all this time, the only thing our bosses really care about is the printed paper. That's to be expected. It still makes the money that pays your salary, afterall.<br /><br />So when you say reporters need to shoot and edit a bunch of video, what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-51951130355637923452011-11-04T08:11:22.189-04:002011-11-04T08:11:22.189-04:00The last raw video I watched on our site was 14 si...The last raw video I watched on our site was 14 silent seconds panning over a pothole preceded by a pre-roll for Cascade, which I think was longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74364270409696046512011-11-04T08:09:18.241-04:002011-11-04T08:09:18.241-04:00I went through the training to create pre-roll ads...I went through the training to create pre-roll ads. For an average 7-10 second spot shot on the customer's location with just one revision, it cost us $600 in staff time to produce it.<br /><br />We were charging $500 to run it for a month. We weren't shooting evergreen ads, either. We had to make them timely and fresh - so no pickups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-74471408575540166922011-11-04T02:04:18.147-04:002011-11-04T02:04:18.147-04:00Great ... when I think of all the waste from the l...Great ... when I think of all the waste from the last round of this, with video training for people who never used it, and with equipment and software that was expensive but not wanted, some that even sat unused ... wow, Gannett never learns.<br /><br />Hopefully they'll get some smarter people to outfit the company (again). And come up with a plan on how they're going to archive it this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16240801996195078302011-11-03T23:57:01.649-04:002011-11-03T23:57:01.649-04:00Cutbacks over the years have resulted in a lower q...Cutbacks over the years have resulted in a lower quality of reporting, Gannett's moving to centralized everything which further reduces the value of local papers. 4 Years ago this failed in large part because the quality sucked! As 9:59 said, there's a professional element to photography and video. Congratulations Gannett, you're trying to market the opposite of professional... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21628551616169239652011-11-03T21:59:39.865-04:002011-11-03T21:59:39.865-04:00Hi Kate.
I make videos, um, content. You want bus...Hi Kate.<br /><br />I make videos, um, content. You want business videos, I’ve completed about 65 of them so far. Interviews and b-roll, lots of nat sound. Many years in the photojournalism business also, in Florida, where there are visual stories year round. I worked for 6 years shooting professional theatre. Low light, fast action too, or on the other hand, even f1.0 @ 1/2 second with Kodak EPJLarry Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935817281201118811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-9311552582906365502011-11-03T20:15:26.144-04:002011-11-03T20:15:26.144-04:00To: Anonymous at 11/03/2011 4:46 PM
I have been t...To: Anonymous at 11/03/2011 4:46 PM<br /><br />I have been trying to reach Walters to get her take on what makes this push different from 2006-2007. She hasn't responded.<br /><br />If anyone has a direct e-mail, that might help too.Wasim Ahmadhttp://www.journographica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-16403756165485184562011-11-03T20:11:21.531-04:002011-11-03T20:11:21.531-04:00Seems like a decision such as this, and its attend...Seems like a decision such as this, and its attendant announcement, should come from Kate Marymont, not Kate Walters. Does Marymont still work at Gannett?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-59381803224897644632011-11-03T19:11:41.812-04:002011-11-03T19:11:41.812-04:00Ment to add FEW AND FAR BETWEEN thanks to the layo...Ment to add FEW AND FAR BETWEEN thanks to the layoffs or er lack of hiring!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-28168678258383135152011-11-03T19:09:58.747-04:002011-11-03T19:09:58.747-04:00"We need to give them the ability to shoot vi..."We need to give them the ability to shoot video, so we don't have to just rely on photographers and videographers, which are few and far between," Walters said.<br /><br />Guess what Walters so are senior directors!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52133562796849338182011-11-03T16:46:00.874-04:002011-11-03T16:46:00.874-04:00Dear haters, how would you like to have your every...Dear haters, how would you like to have your every waking moment scrutinized, taken out of context, and smeared? How about having a downtrodden lot of jaded ex-Gannett employees do a half-baked background check on LinkedIn and pass judgments without even knowing you? You're no better than the jackasses on Fox News and you should be ashamed of yourselves. Pick on someone like Gracia or David Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46660176850496651882011-11-03T15:09:35.982-04:002011-11-03T15:09:35.982-04:00Just what the rank and file needs. Another initiat...Just what the rank and file needs. Another initiative from some corporate flunky who doesn't have a damn clue what the workers are currently going through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-42443835675227829912011-11-03T14:46:48.437-04:002011-11-03T14:46:48.437-04:00According to her LinkedIn profile, Walters has bee...According to <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kate-merry-walters/3/742/948" rel="nofollow">her LinkedIn profile,</a> Walters has been with Gannett since March 2010. She's been in her current Gannett Digital job since August.<br /><br />Prior to Gannett, she was a product manager at AOL from September 2005 to January 2010. And before that, she was a consultant at Navigant Consulting, whichJim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-72481174141441621352011-11-03T14:21:00.117-04:002011-11-03T14:21:00.117-04:00This is sad. I agree with 1:10.
Jim: Can you provi...This is sad. I agree with 1:10.<br />Jim: Can you provide some background on her? How long has she been with the company? What's her knowledge and experience with Gannett's experience with producing videos?<br /> I know there is some "group think" in the industry that videos will turn around revenues, but it's naive and reflects a lack of knowledge about producing news and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-61067534003710289082011-11-03T13:10:48.165-04:002011-11-03T13:10:48.165-04:00It's a great idea, simply do something that di...It's a great idea, simply do something that didn't work 4 years earlier except this time with fewer people!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com