Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny No, sonny-boy, I have seen how they work here in San Diego. The TV cameraman just aims the camera where he/ she is told to. Your contention may very well be true in other areas. Please notice that I said that TV stations HERE, do that. Other places do have true PJs. You, very well, may be one of them. Jerry Sonny Carter wrote: > Monday, November 24, 2003, 5:15:55 PM, you wrote: > > JL> Sonny > > JL> Some TV stations here have the nerve to call the camera holders "Photo > JL> Journalists"! All they do is point the camera where the reporter or director > JL> tells them to! > > JL> Jerry > > Jerry, > > I like to think you are wrong about that. If you have that attitude, you denigrate > some really fine journalists > who happen to be photographers rather than reporters. > > Many times, the photographer is the one to get the story, a producer writes it and > an anchor reads it. > > That said, in many many markets there is no team, just the reporter/cameraman > (one person) out there doing the job. > > For a number of years, I covered the Louisiana Legislature without a > reporter along. I covered the Clay Shaw Trial in New Orleans without > a reporter. I covered the Black Panther Shoot-out in Desire Project > without a reporter. > > I covered the Christmas Day fire in New Orleans that killed three > firemen without a reporter. > > There were many more instances, but it was more often me showing the > reporter what to do than the other way around. > > Finally, I would tell you that when I worked on the Jim Metcalf > Journal at WWL-TV, I would shoot the piece, and Jim would look at my > film and write the story. For work like that we won one of Channel 4's several > Peabody Awards. > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > > JL> Sonny Carter wrote: > > >> Hello Tim, > >> > >> I'd like to point out that in television "Camera operators" > >> designates fixed camera positions, such as > >> you might find in a studio. > >> > >> Although I am no longer in that number, even though we stopped > >> using motion picture film for news coverage, > >> those of us who continued with video camera, continued to call > >> ourselves news photographers. A few use the term "news > >> videographer." > >> > >> I know you want to maintain accuracy. > >> > >> Sonny > >> > >> Monday, November 24, 2003, 4:04:30 PM, you wrote: > >> > >> TA> Those of you north of the border (or south who are close enough to it to get > >> TA> CBC) - this is a very compelling documentary about news gathering in the > >> TA> Ira* Wa*. > >> > >> TA> "These are the stories that weren't't told by the media during the Ira* wa*. > >> TA> CBC NEWS goes straight to the source, to journalists, camera operators and > >> TA> photographers from news organizations around the world, who reveal the > >> TA> lethal risks they faced, > >> TA> as well as the untold horrors they witnessed." > >> > >> TA> There was a one hour version on last night. The full two hour version is > >> TA> supposed on next Sunday on CBC at 10pm I think. > >> > >> TA> tim > >> > >> TA> -- > >> TA> To unsubscribe, see > >> TA> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Sonny mailto:sonc@sonc.com > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, see > >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > JL> -- > JL> To unsubscribe, see > JL> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Best regards, > Sonny mailto:sonc@sonc.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html