Journalism isn't limited to the confines of the written word. New technologies and media platforms have opened up the field to various different ways to communicate the news. In this instance I want to take a look at visual journalism.
Visual journalism is just that, visual. We now have regular news broadcasts on our TV's, streamed online and available to watch anytime on video platforms such as YouTube. During yesterdays online forum, Fairfax media's Ian Vaile discussed his experience after emerging himself in the visual side of journalism.
Vaile says the barriers to entry in video skills are lower than they have ever been. He says multi-skilled journalists well-versed in areas of written, spoken and visual journalism are more highly regarded. In TV journalism specifically, journalists need to understand the visuals available and write to them. For example, you wouldn't mention the Hawks in an AFL sports wrap if you only had pictures of the Dockers. With multi-media news more common than ever, the use of visuals and video in journalism has become common-place.
Because let's be real, visuals can make or break journalism.
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