Uni. Westminster MA Journalism (International) Online module students visited the Press Association (PA) Headquarters based in Victoria,London on 12th March 2008.
The PA is one of the oldest press agencies in the UK and at the forefront of web and video online.
Visiting the News Room
A huge opening news rooms filled with the average age of "talent" around mid-20s, plenty number of Mac Computers, a big TV screen with another couple of smaller TVs hanging on the wall, and celebrities & political figures pics.
The PA stuff who is giving a talk to the Journalism students is the ex-BBC figure, with plenty of experiences in Video and multimedia journalism.
he said currently there're around 30 video journalists (VJ) working in the multimedia sector.
They're looking for young talented graduate who're confident working in multimedia field, who're technically comfortable, who're happy to be in front of camera, who has no problem of shooting, editing, scripting etc.
he also explained the new system they're using at the moment is more researchable.
Journalists from different press agencies're helping each other finding stories, normally 5 or 6 stories in a day, write the script, view the raw materials, choose the correct clips, and get the right video access.
Journalism is all about making contacts and networking.
Meeting with Editors
The latter part is held in a meeting room on the upper floor, joining with a young video journalist Catherine Wilson, who is in a pretty pink top; a genius coder Duncan Whiteman, who is working behind the system and few people knows his existence.
He talked about what VJ should do, thinking about how to put the stories into different context, how the story telling the news, multimedia is change the nature of journalists.
Good lighting, good general view, good video cam operation, good teamwork operations.
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