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The correctable journalist

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Robb Montgomery
on September 11, 2007
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CAIRO: View of a church and satellite dish packed rooftops taken from the 20th floor of the Marriott Hotel on the island of Zamalek (Also known as al guezirah)

I uploaded this photo to a set that included photos from the bazaar in old Cairo. I batch uploaded it and the caption said this was on Moez Ledeen Ellah Street - which it was clearly not.
Another flickr user pointed this out in a comment and I got better information about what the scene was really showing. So I used it.

Ah, indeed a miracle, the correctable journalist!

Before


Before picture with incorrect caption information provided by the batch upload.

The corrected picture


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Video: MDP conference - David Dunkley Gyimah

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This video clip was captured with my point and shoot Lumix LX-2 in 16:9 of David Dunkley Gyimah explaining the differences between the way video journalism is reported from the field: The traditional broadcast model vs the video journalist shooting more like a newspaper style “Photo Joe.”

After working with David all week - my style here has clearly been influenced by fascination with the handheld “Bourne Identity” shooting technique. In this piece, David is so engaged with his audience that I decided not to cut away. What do you think? Would this have been stronger with cut away shots?

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Video: MDP conference - Robb Montgomery

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on September 10, 2007
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Video clip made and edited by David Dunkley Gyimah

Thanks to David for this bonus - I had no idea he was shooting. I actually couldn’t see anything with those bright TV lights in my face.

This bit about how reporters can use devices like the iPhone to report from the field is from a keynote address at the Media Development Program conference in Cairo. The talk illustrates the expectations of digital media consumers and creators.

In the next blog entry I will embed a reel I made of David talking to editors immediately after his presentation about video journalism.

This was the first journalism conference produced by the Media Development project and it drew together hundreds of print, online and broadcast professionals.

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