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Copy and Paste the following code into a new blog post... <div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="clipmarks' clip-to-blog"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8ff9eff5-aee1-49c1-9c76-49a19b4b9a7d/4BAF9FB7-A4ED-48F7-A119-480C087F5532/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html" href="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html" style="font-size: 11px;">digitaljournalist.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="65%" align="center"><DIV class="headlines">10 Tips for Dramatically Improving Your Videojournalism Stories <DIV><I>KobreGuide's recipe for success. Follow these diligently, and your work will catapult to the top of the heap.<BR />We promise.</I></DIV> </DIV> <DIV class="colDate">April 2009</DIV> <P class="author">by Ken Kobré & Jerry Lazar<BR /><I><A title="KobreGuide to the Web’s Best Multimedia & Video Journalism - Home" href="http://KobreGuide.com">KobreGuide.com</A></I></P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>1. FIND THE NARRATIVE ARC</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>2. SPOTLIGHT A CENTRAL CHARACTER</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>3. CONDUCT BETTER INTERVIEWS</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>4. FOR GOOD JOURNALISM SEEK MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>5. REPLACE WALLPAPER and B-ROLL WITH SEQUENCES AND SCENES</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>6. SHOW, DON'T TELL</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>7. MAKE IT SELF-CONTAINED</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>8. FOCUS ON NAT SOUND AUDIO </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0904/10-tips-for-dramatically-improving-your-videojournalism-stories.html"><STRONG>9. 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10 Tips for Dramatically Improving Your Videojournalism Stories
KobreGuide's recipe for success. Follow these diligently, and your work will catapult to the top of the heap.
We promise.

April 2009

by Ken Kobré & Jerry Lazar
KobreGuide.com

1. FIND THE NARRATIVE ARC

2. SPOTLIGHT A CENTRAL CHARACTER

3. CONDUCT BETTER INTERVIEWS

4. FOR GOOD JOURNALISM SEEK MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES

5. REPLACE WALLPAPER and B-ROLL WITH SEQUENCES AND SCENES

6. SHOW, DON'T TELL

7. MAKE IT SELF-CONTAINED

8. FOCUS ON NAT SOUND AUDIO

9. SHOOT BEFORE & AFTER, NOT JUST DURING

10. STEAL FROM THE BEST

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