Back in the beginning it appears newreel cameramen evolved from newspaper still guys…later moving into a new medium (TV). They are converging again (on the Internet).
Always wondered where the scuffle between brothers began.
(Thanks Amanda Emily.)
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Cyndy Green
Videojournalist
Freelance videojournalist with a passion for visual storytelling.
Background: 28 years TV news camera/editor/live truck operator; 10 years teaching high school broadcasting, multimedia, English; currently working on co-authoring a book (The Basics of Videojournalism) with Larry Nance.
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January 7, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Amanda Emily
Pettey’s article reads like a modern print reporter going after television.
And yep, stills and newsreels got along quite famously. Though after WWII there was some animosity between the two factions I’ve noted that ironically the formation of the NPPA helped to smooth over for a while. Print reporters however have always seemed to have been a thorn in the newsreeler’s sides.
February 15, 2012 at 3:23 am
cyndygreen
Got it re the “thorn”…yet another print media person has taken on the duties of teaching journalism at the local community college and spreading the “love.” Talked w/one of her students this week who said he would NEVER go into broadcast…that he wanted to be a REAL journalist. A multi-media journalist.