Journalism: Broadcast & Online

National Geographic

- JOHN BREDAR - 

Award Winning Documentary Producer

I think it was unanimous that everyone, including Professor Krasnow, wanted this man's job.

He not only spoke about the elements it takes to produce a great documentary but he also led by example. It's was really great that he would explain 'teases' and elements of storytelling and then show us from documentaries he worked on. He also told really great stories.

        

Helpful Tips When Making a Documentary:

• Great Leads: grab attention
• Intense images, intense music, intense narration.
• When it comes to narration, make sure the narrator's voice adds to the production, not distracting the audience. 
• It is always nice to get an editor's point-of-view because he/she sees things that you may not because you have come so involved with the work.
• When you make a movie, you make it three times. The three-step approach    --->                1) in your head and on paper 2) the fieldwork and interviews 3) the actual production and editing

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- EMILY YOFFEE -

She writes a human genie pig column... when people dare her to do things... she does them.

AND then writes about them, it's pretty funny... and brave.

She has worked as a journalist for 30 years, from the Washington Post to freelancing.

Advice From Emily:

• "GOT TO HAVE THICK SKIN"
• We all need to be seekers, challenge what you hear and what people assume
• Never be anything but honest
• Think like a journalist--everything is a potential story.
• "Writing is like quilting: just start" - even if you start with a paragraph. Sometimes the paragraphs are disconnected, and then you can start stitching them together, adding a transition here and there.