Video now a common practice for newspapers

It’s probably not news to you, but video has now become commonplace for most newspapers. An email listserv that I subscribe to became an informal poll last week with the question of “how many videos does your staff produce each week?” Six months ago, the question would have been “does your staff shoot video?”

Another question included in this informal email poll was who shoots and edits the video? Most newspapers are still relying on online staffs for this duty, while a couple have photographers handling their share and there is now evidence that reporters are getting in the game.

It will be interesting to see where this stands in 12 months, then 24 (I hesitate to look any further out than that). At this pace, almost all newspapers will have reporters shooting and editing their own video (not all of them, of course) in addition to several proficient photographers doing video (maybe even the entire staff at some shops).

A new blog on learning multimedia also surfaced in this email train, from a journalist in Kansas City who was described as a “reporter who has become a video guru.” Check it out.