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Audiences are shifting from print to online. News organizations that track the varied needs and interests of online readers are demanding more from their reporters. Emerging reporters need to be equipped with basic multimedia skills when entering the newsroom. In these chapters, you will learn skills for producing videos, photos, and audio recordings that can either supplement or replace written feature stories. Instruction is designed to aid journalists who are more familiar with writing. The last chapter offers a guiding hand for learning better shot composition, editing, and other technical skills associated with multimedia reporting.

The book concludes with a look at popular and emerging trends in multimedia reporting that appeal to audiences and help journalists tell stories in innovative ways. The chapter begins by encouraging writers to employ alternative storytelling formats and apps to present information in audience-centric, creative ways. You will also learn about new tools for telling stories in the air with drones, on the ground with action cameras. And let’s not forget new frontiers in interactive media, such as augmented and virtual reality. Each section of the chapter contains best practices for using these technologies, as well as suggestions for apps that make it possible to produce these stories easily and effectively.