Tips for Storytellers: Get your video right

October 17, 2013

If you never trained for video, here are a few basic tips from Regina McCombs, senior editor for visual news at Minnesota Public Radio and Poynter adjunct faculty.

Part of a series of graphics with tips for storytellers, this infographic can be thought of as bite-sized inspiration.

Last Monday: How to make the most of your tweets Next Friday: Tips for polishing your writing, with Roy Peter Clark and others

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Related training: Effective News Videos with Videolicious: A Digital Tools Tutorial, Oct. 30 | Key Elements to Compelling Video Storytelling, on-demand Webinar replay

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Tags: Best Practices: Visual Journalism, Journalism education and training, journalism training, Video, Visual Voice, Visuals

Sara Dickenson Quinn

Sara teaches in the areas of design, illustration, photojournalism and leadership. She encourages visual journalists to find their voice in the newsroom and to think…

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