Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once, long, long ago, in a distant era, I remember many occasions where the reporter was told to take a hike, and I was allowed to stay. The reason being, that it was understood that I couldn't lie with my camera. Now, I'm not so sure. But then what do I care, I'm once again an editorial portraitist. Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: Sonny Carter <sonc@sonc.com> >To: Jerry Lehrer <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: [Leica] DEADLINE I*AQ -answering Jerry's inane remark >Date: Mon, Nov 24, 2003, 8:02 PM > > > 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