News through Views

When I was in kindergarten I still remember my teacher teaching us alphabets through flashcards.  If she would say A for Apple we would wonder what that is. But as soon as she would show us the card we would know that she was talking about the fruit that we eat at home. English is my second language so for me knowing all the fruits in English was not an easy task.

When we see something it’s always easier for us to visualize it. The things become more clear to us because have a vivid picture of it. But what’s better, when we have verbal description of the picture. The same thing goes for the news. If it’s interpreted through slideshow or video it becomes more effective. It might be more time consuming and tougher than other journalism but once it reach to the viewer it has a better effective.

I was just going through New York Times website and found that they have a different section for video. Then even that section is divided into different parts that which kind of multimedia news we are looking for.

Recently the Arab Revolution on peak and Bahrain is one of the main targets in it. The video that I saw was regarding the “The controversial Bahrain Grand Prix, which begins on Friday, has become a flash point between the Sunni royal family and much of the majority Shiite population.” This video is four minute long and is to the point. What make this video journalistic is that it is discussing about of the major world issue that everyone is interested to know about. It show that how there are conflict between to Muslim sectors of Sunni and Shia. So it’s not only highlighting the current situation of Bahrain but also the cold war between two sectors of Muslims which is going on for years.

Another section of this video section is Opinion. The writer in fact here we can’t call them writer it will be better if we call them speaker, the speaker share their opinion with the viewer. A good example of it can be this video which is almost seven minute long and it discuss “The Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman and Bill Gates discuss the future of American competitiveness, innovation and education and the state of the current political debate.” What make this video journalistic is that it discusses the key issue of this country. That everyone wants to know that what will be the future of this country where things are developing at this rapid speed and how the economy is going low. Two experts share their point of view which will let the viewer to understand the things at a better level.

After going through these two videos I am sure you people might have got a better understanding that what can be a good effective multimedia journalism. It’s not just that you make any kind of video or arrange different pictures thinking that will be multimedia news. What makes it news that it should have a journalistic approach and apart from that it should be like a drama? It should have a proper beginning, climax and ending as well as should convey a message.

We as a journalistic are very lucky that these days we have so many different ways of sharing our news with the public. The technology has made the life easier for everyone. Only if we understand it!!!