In his book, Photo Journalism, Kenneth Kobré talks about what makes a great photo. Two major points he discusses include use of visual variety, including overall/wide shots and close-ups. There are examples of these in NBC’s Week in Pictures for September 13-20. First, Kobré talks about using an overall shot to set the scene for the […]
This weekend I listened to “The Cell’s Mystery,” an audio story by independent producer Sara Robberson. In the piece, she tells the story of Japanese scientist Dr. Shinya Inoue, whose work helped to significantly advance the understanding of how cell division takes place. Dr. Inoue did much of his work in Japan during World War […]
For this assignment, we were required to listen to an NPR story online and comment on how it relates to to Chapter 18, “Beyond Radio”, from Sound Reporting, by Jonathan Kern. The story I picked was “Could The New Air Traffic Control System Be Hacked?“, and it aired on All Things Considered on August 14. The […]
