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How to use your smartphone to create engaging content

The ability to create rich content is an important skill as websites are “video-hungry” and editors are increasingly demanding this kind of content. Videos have the power to tell stories very quickly, while adding authenticity to a piece. At the Guardian we do a lot of live-blogging to capture stories as they are happening. These live-blogs often include videos or photographs taken out in the field and is where mobile

Video journalism during the Covid-19 pandemic

This extract is part of a report by David Maas for the International Journalists’ Network. Link to read the report: Video reporting during the pandemic: Experts share their insights.We gathered insights from four expert multimedia journalists, including Bill Shepherd, a mobile and video journalism trainer at Billshepherdmedia.com, and a production editor at The Guardian and The Observer; Léo Hamelin, a senior producer at Blue Chalk Media and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Journalism School; Nacho Corbella,