Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. The Digital Notebook. 2. Why Do I Care? 3. Thinking Multi-platform. 4. Letting the Story Unfold. 5. Small Story, Big Story. 6. Text Triage: Have Information. 7. Text Triage: Connect Information. 8. Text Triage: Speak the Language. 9. Conventions. 10. Where You Stand: Framing. 11. Where You Stand: Lighting. 12. Where You Stand: Wide, Medium, Close. 13. Collecting Details: Seeing B-Roll and the Stuff of Stories. 14. Collecting Details: Listening for Natural Sound. 15. Talking to Real People. 16. Talking to the Right People. 17. Asking for an Interview. 18. Talking to Multiple People. 19. Preparing Questions. 20. Taking Notes and Recording. 21. Rhythm. 22. Shut Up. 23. Body Language. 24. Location. 25. Quotes. 26. Anecdotes. 27. Relevant Detail. 28. Physical Description. 29. Place Description. 30. Setting a Scene. 31. Action & Sequence. 32. Say It in a Sentence. 33. Complex Information. 34. Numbers & Data. 35. Structure. 36. Storyboard. 37. File Management: Naming. 38. File Management: Folders. 39. File Management: Version Control. 40. One last bit. Glossary. About the Author.
Biography
Mark Blaine teaches multimedia storytelling techniques in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. He has been an investigative reporter, speaker, author, and editor for magazines and newspapers.
"Mark Blaine's got the goods. This concise and insightful book contains golden nuggets that will improve the storytelling game for any journalist—from students just learning how to get out into the field to the citizen blogger wanting to pick up professional skills; even seasoned journalists may find this a refresher course on better storytelling techniques." —Kurt Lancaster, Northern Arizona University, author of Video Journalism for the Web and DSLR Cinema
