Ok if you do or don't dosen't mean jack crap to me, but in the world of wordsmiths and always covering the same stories the competition does, I will alway look for differing angles that we could go with the story.
Yea that means as a photog read and reasearch in your down time!!!!Not sitting on your ass playing solitaire!!!
The story ideas that I come up with may or may not get done, but atleast I am not percieved as a dumb boob that only lifts a rig on thy shoulder!!!!
If you want change fight for it like a politican...lobby your favorite producer/reporter.
If the nd or other powers dont listen to you, the friends you make with the reporters and producers may fight for your idea!! make sure you get credit...by using your friends that take it to the table.
always listen to a scanner and you just may save the day!!!
I always get miffed when photogs whine that noone listens to them!!!GET A CLUE GUYS A LOT OF US DID GO TO J-SCHOOL, AND THE ONES THAT DIDNT HAVE A MORE OPEN MIND TO COME UP WITH TRUE STORY IDEAS!!!!SO USE YOU F'n MIND GUYS AND TRY TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION!!!
Seems to me this complaint comes from the lower markets most of the time and then the really large markets...sounds like the photogs that complain about this also have no contacts in the community!!!CONTACTS ARE WHAT A JOURNALIST IS!!! The cool part of what we are capable of is that we play with cool toys and if you get real stories...the you are rocking and rolling!!!
The secret is to actually live in your community and listen to what the public is talking about in the resturants and coffe bars and in the bars!!!the best photogs will walk up to a total stranger and be able to start up a conversation that actually is better than JUST HI AND BYE!!!
If your culture at your station sucks ya got two choices....LOVE IT(Fix it with a few core people and lead by example....i.e. kill them with kindness) OR LEAVE IT(time to send tapes to a place that has a positive culture)!!
The love it part is a tough road...it will be a road of pain, arguments, reasoning, and eventually great friends!!! It is not a road for the weak of heart or spirit!!!...NO PHONIES allowed on this trip down the road of a broadcasters life!!
Peace to all my buds
Workhorse!!!
"Hey is that in focus?"