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A Pew survey found recently that many online journalists are worried that with the rise of the Internet, journalistic values are changing. The majority showed they think journalists are being less prudent, working faster and losing their clout. The most recent questioning of these changes was in an article by Regina McCombs, on April 1, in which she casts doubt on the presence of music in photojournalism projects.
The main dilemma lies in the fact that music usually creates an emotional pull in a story. If journalists use music is it still journalism or is it now an opinionated work of art? "The problem is not that music doesn't work, it's that it works too well," said Al Tompkins, Poynter's broadcast and online group leader. The temptation to use music is hard to ignore, it adds a whole other level to a story, but is it the correct level?
A Pew survey found recently that many online journalists are worried that with the rise of the Internet, journalistic values are changing. The majority showed they think journalists are being less prudent, working faster and losing their clout. The most recent questioning of these changes was in an article by Regina McCombs, on April 1, in which she casts doubt on the presence of music in photojournalism projects.The main dilemma lies in the fact that music usually creates an emotional pull in a story. If journalists use music is it still journalism or is it now an opinionated work of art? "The problem is not that music doesn't work, it's that it works too well," said Al Tompkins, Poynter's broadcast and online group leader. The temptation to use music is hard to ignore, it adds a whole other level to a story, but is it the correct level?
Although Tom Kennedy, a managing editor for multimedia editor at the Washington Post, prefers natural sounds in stories, he said that "sometimes a bit of well-used music can set up a sublime counterpoint to the movement of the images themselves and be the real point of focus for a piece that owes more to art than journalism."
Many seemed to agree that adding material that was not gathered through the reporting process is what makes the whole idea questionable. Brian Storm, president of the
media production company MediaStorm, says music "doesn't make a piece work -- all the elements have to be working. It's like another gear you have." Meaning the photojournalism should tell the story and not the music.
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Source: PoynterOnline.
Many seemed to agree that adding material that was not gathered through the reporting process is what makes the whole idea questionable. Brian Storm, president of the
media production company MediaStorm, says music "doesn't make a piece work -- all the elements have to be working. It's like another gear you have." Meaning the photojournalism should tell the story and not the music.To continue reading click here
Source: PoynterOnline.
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