change in the air, originally uploaded by Nashua Telegraph.

Technology is changing media companies. Particularly newspapers.
Newspapers are forcing changes in technology and all around culture and
how we take in and use information is mixing it all up.

Here at The Telegraph we’ve jumped head first into New Media and strive
to offer more depth to stories with audio, video and audio slideshows.
It forces journalists to multitask even more. Not only do photographers
here juggle still cameras, lenses and lighting gear but now we’ve added
audio recorders, microphones and video cameras. When we return from the
field and edit we tackle new software to build stories. It can all be
overwhelming and distract from the core responsibility of good
storytelling. I think we do a good job. We have a great staff. You’ll
see their photography, videography and hear their audio projects
throughout our site. On this blog you may see stuff that didn’t make it
into print for one reason or another. You’ll also read stories on how
the photos were taken or the circumstances around getting the pics.
Also, you may find interesting discussions about changes in how we do
what we do and why.

Here’s an image from staff photographer Bob Hammerstrom. What’s
interesting here is that it’s not a photograph taken with a still
camera. This is what we refer to as a frame grab. It’s a fraction of a
clip he took while producing a video on the Martin Luther King Day event
in Hollis. This didn’t run in the newspaper but it could have. This is
something newspapers all over are discussing and experimenting with as
they embrace new technology. The Dallas Morning News, San Jose Mercury
News and the Detroit Free Press have run frame grabs with varying
degrees of regularity. Is this a good idea? Some say sure. Some say
no. Regardless this is something that will change how we deliver news
to you and how, and whether, you trust us as journalists.

-Don Himsel
photo editor

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