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2013Boston Marathon Bombings Mistakes - Should We Be Tolerant?
By Victoria Lim to DJD Blog
Have you recovered from whiplash yet?
The explosion of errors about the Boston Marathon bombings came fast and furious. The reporting. And The retractions. One after another.
It’s astounding.
- Ethics
- Accuracy
- Journalism
- Boston Marathon bombings
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2013Strength of the Written Word
By Victoria Lim to DJD Blog
When we think of multiplatform reporting, photos, audio, video, polls, and maps come to mind.
But we shouldn’t forget a powerful tool that is the foundation of storytelling: the written word.
Print.
Yes, yes, we’ve all heard by now that newspapers are a dying industry, we’ve seen the demise of hard-hitting written-word media like Newsweek. But I feel these are more issues of economy, not impact.
I turn to print - or the written word - when explaining a complex law, or passage in a consumer contract.
- Newspaper
- Written word
- Text
- Online writing
- Journalism
17
2013A Journalist's Job: Inform or Storytell?
By Victoria Lim to DJD Blog
Many thanks to the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, which invited me to present two workshops at its Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference on behalf of the Society of Professional Journalists.
- Journalism
- Storytelling
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2013What Is The Story?
By Victoria Lim to DJD Blog
What is the story?
What.
Is.
The.
Story?
I was the guest instructor for a journalism class, and stayed a few hours during the class’ lab time to help them create video packages. For all of the students, this is the first time they are putting together a TV news package.
The class’ assignment: “A 1:30 television news package”.
It could be about anything. One of the students was overwhelmed.
- Journalism
- Storytelling
- Interviewing
- Video Storytelling
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2013Storytelling Beyond the Newsroom - It's a No Brainer
By Victoria Lim to DJD Blog
In a recent social media workshop, I saw so many light bulbs go off, it could have illuminated the half of the Superdome that blew out during the Super Bowl.
The lightbulb moment: communicating with people boils down to crafting good stories.
For journalists, this was a “no duh…” moment.
But for this group of public relations and marketing professionals, it seemed like the first time they heard of these concepts:
- Storytelling
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