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Internet News Provider using FCP X
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I’ve edited these “canned news stories” before…pushing products disguised as a news story. I didn’t do it for long…
Shane
Little Frog Post
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Shawn –
It sounds to me as if they’re a VNR producer, just a step above a sausage factory, but without the taste.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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[Joseph W. Bourke] “And in your requirements above, you forgot “must be willing to work only 35 paid hours a week so the company doesn’t have to pay benefits.” “
More common solution is that you are hired as a freelancer for an indefinite period of time (aka ‘permalancer’). No cap on hours and no benefits.
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[Joseph W. Bourke] “Shawn –
It sounds to me as if they’re a VNR producer, just a step above a sausage factory, but without the taste.”
Sounds right, I like the way you describe it. 🙂
Shawn
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what they do is repackage other’s actual original reporting for much of their output…agree with Shane – having worked as a local and network news reporter who transitioned to a Preditor (producer editor)…the content suffers…little time to double check sources, facts…..having to leave the scene of a news event to put the spot together, etc….have been fortunate not to have to shoot as well..yet…..
it’s simply not possible to do all three jobs well….unfortunately, the economic model that supported the division of labor no longer exists….it did 30 years ago with 3 major networks dividing a 1/3 of the ad revenue….not as well when they are part of a 600 channel universe as well as infinite competition on the web
Andy Field
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Next time you watch your local news – watch it with an eye to what’s truly local. If it’s more than 10-20% locally generated I’d be surprised.
90% of our local news IS local. {indianapolis DMA #26]
Brian Mulligan
Senior Editor – Autodesk Smoke
WTHR-TV Indianapolis,IN, USA
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[Brian Mulligan] ” Did they edit this video on FCPX because the last 3 edits are a mess… One is cut too close and the other is too loose at the end.”
That’s the editor…not the NLE, and yeah, they are pretty sloppy.
Shane
Little Frog Post
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[Joseph W. Bourke] “I worked at a broadcast facility for fourteen years, and for at least 10 of those years the news was nothing but infotainment, and national stories produced by the parent company’s DC bureau.”
Having also worked in news, that’s how I consider it. Will people just ultimately end up bored with it knowing that it’s all for entertainment, and otherwise useless?
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[Gary Huff] “Will people just ultimately end up bored with it knowing that it’s all for entertainment, and otherwise useless?”
I don’t think so, people like having their feelings and opinions validated. Pick the “news” that you agree with, and ignore the facts that make you uncomfortable. Seems to be working so far… 🙂
Shawn
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[Franz Bieberkopf] “They’re also pointing the way to the future about 65 seconds in …”
Not only the future, but the future of graphics!
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