Sam Nassau on Taking the Video Slice

In my broadcast writing class (JOUR360), my teacher says there's only one way a story can be put on the air, and that's with good video. So throughout the semester, I've had the idea that video is important drilled into me.

I'm excited to be taking the video part of the slice class right now because I'm done the photo and audio parts of the class, and now I can really understand the different components of video because I know both photo and audio.

Some problems I see with the video slice just come with the technology, which was really a hurdle in the audio slice. I'm not entirely sure how to use movie maker yet, and I'm using technology that I won't be using at a news organization. I'm really going to have to work beyond that.

However, I am very excited. I think video's going to be a lot of fun, and I'm really going to learn a lot--not only about the technology, but about how to make good video, and tell good news stories in a new kind of way.