NBC’s Mara Schiavocampo: Inside Her Digital Toolkit
Professional digital journalists may use sophisticated equipment, but many of their tricks can be used by anyone.
Whether you capture video on a high end camera or a low cost video recorder, don’t underestimate the value of your content.
Quality and Volume Make a Valuable Journalist
Ms. Schiavocampo is considered to be a leader in her field for many reasons, one being her ability to create multiple stories when visiting a single location (very cost effective).
Would you believe you don’t even need a video recorder to create a video?
Thousands of people create photo videos on YouTube in minutes.
Assuming you are an aspiring digital journalist or just an amateur looking to pick up a few useful tips, check out Mara’s video description of what she packs in her digital toolkit:
NBC’s Mara Schiavocampo: Inside her digital toolkit from Nieman Journalism Lab on Vimeo.
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