Print media is not only shifting online when it comes to reach. Large print media such as The New York Times and Washington Post are also successfully extending their product into digitail terrain. Both have adopted video to convey journalistic content and have done a great job if you ask me. Spiegel in Germany also does videos, but lacks the creativity of its American counterparts. Below examples of great video journalism by classic print media companies. The video is a fantastic documentary on the crushing poverty in Mumbai, done by the San José Mercury News. Because one can be more experimental online than when buying expensive airtime, it is no surprise to me that this documentary is way better than anything one could expect on TV.
Here an example of the NYT.
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There are two things that come to my mind when I see this video
1) The fact that we are living in an era of images, where books and words are not our primary way of comunication anymore. And so is logical that newspapers start developing the news on videos. This evolution will keep going until some new technology replaces it, but until then, the more original and more visually impact the better. But, you must think what are we leaving behind, words, reading, are excersises/actions that influence our brain development and our culture. I can´t imagine what will the consecuences be for that yet, some good and some really bad I guess.
2) The second thing is that an image tells more than a 1000 words (is said) but, it does that when we have the time, wisdom and sensitiveness to SEE. Now images are following wrong objectives: a) make impact 2) combat boredness 3) be quick. We are invaded by images. The information is so much that is loosing strengh. For example this video. It has a beautifull aestetics, and is clear the message is supose to make me feel sorry, make me aware, but it really doesn´t. I´v seen more awfull things on every day TV. I´ve seen the use of this images even for selling cloth or selling a moviestar. They have no impact at us at all. They are not workign anymore. Awareness is useless nowadays. What we need is REACTION. I even feel this video was more of an advertisement for NYT or the video maker than a real intention for awareness.
We need REACTION, to go from word to images to actions…