For the 2007 Indiana State Fair, I was asked to take one of our Mobile Journalist kits - a Mac Book and Canon S3 digital camera - and see what sort of multimedia we could produce while updating a blog from the fair 4-5 times per day.
Our blog was called "Deep Fried," a nod to a popular aspect of our fair and others - as sort of a showcase for "extreme" fair food including deep fried candy bars and the like.
In the seven days of my assignment I posted 32 updates totaling just over 10,000 words; 26 photos and five videos about fair food, harness horses, 4-H kids, the hot weather and the rides.
Below are three of the videos. They show both the possibilities and the pitfalls of this kind of reporting: The sound and moving pictures open up terrific storytelling opportunities. But video shooting and editing are skills very distinct from traditional print reporting, and you'll notice shortcomings in these pieces that arose from the inevitable compromises of trying to do continuous updates and post multimedia at the same time.
Deep Fried Pepsi
Harness Horse
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