News Desk
Short pieces on filming breaking stories, fast editing and keeping footage moving through a television newsroom.
Newsroom Workflow ·Setting Up Ingest and File Naming So Footage Never Gets Lost
A practical walk through the ingest, naming and hand-over routines that keep news footage moving from camera card to bulletin without anyone hunting for a missing clip.
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Studio Interviews ·A checklist to run through before you book a studio interview
Priya Sharma sets out the questions a newsroom should settle before a guest sits down in the studio, from purpose and lighting to audio, clearance and the format of the final file.
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Editing ·Rapid Edit and Delivery: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Most late or rejected news packages fail on small, avoidable points. A camera operator's view of the mistakes that slow an edit down and the habits that keep delivery clean.
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Training costs ·What Camera Technique Training Costs and What Moves the Price
A plain look at how short framing, lighting and sound sessions for news staff are priced, and which choices make a session cost more or less.
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Customer Case ·A Reporter, a Hillside and a Live Link That Held
One short case from a regional newsroom: a reporter filing from open ground in poor weather, and how a portable live kit and a small crew kept the link steady.
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Seasonal advice ·Preparing Your Breaking News Camera Cover for the Darker Months
As the clocks change and the weather turns, here is what newsrooms should settle before the autumn and winter story season: crew briefs, light, sound and travel margins.
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Newsroom terms ·What "Ingest" Really Means When Footage Reaches Your Newsroom
A plain-words guide to ingest, the first step of any newsroom workflow, and why a clear ingest routine saves editors minutes on every story that arrives from the field.
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Studio Interviews ·Studio or On-Site Interview: Which Setup Suits Your Guest Better
A comparison of recording a guest in our lit studio against filming them at their own workplace, with a clear recommendation for when each choice serves a bulletin best.
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Behind the scenes ·Inside the edit suite: how raw footage becomes a finished package
Callum Reid follows a day's footage from the camera card to the newsroom server, and explains what the editor needs from the shoot to turn a package round quickly.
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Training ·What Newsroom Staff Ask Us Before Booking Camera Technique Training
The questions we hear most often about our short framing, lighting and sound sessions: who they suit, how long they run, what to bring and what staff can do afterwards.
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Company news ·What our live link kit and crew now offer reporters filing from outside
A look at how dupyra's portable live-feed kit and trained crew support reporters who file from the field, and what a newsroom should settle with us before the first broadcast.
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Field Methods ·The Kit and Methods Behind Our Breaking News Camera Crews
A look at the cameras, sound gear and working habits a two-person news crew carries to a developing story, and why each choice is made with the edit in mind.
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Workflow ·A Checklist Before You Decide on Newsroom Workflow Support
Questions worth answering about your ingest, file naming and hand-over routines before you ask anyone to reshape them, so you know what you need and what you can leave alone.
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Studio Practice ·Studio Interview Mistakes That Cost You Usable Footage
Most studio interview problems start long before the guest sits down. Fiona MacLeod sets out the common mistakes in lit interviews and portraits, and the simple habits that keep the recording
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Pricing ·What Rapid Edit and Delivery costs and what moves the price
A plain account of how we price fast editing for news footage: what the quotation covers, which factors raise or lower the figure, and what to tell us so it is right first time.
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Customer Case ·What a Two-Day Camera Session Changed for Anna's Regional Desk
Anna runs a small regional desk and asked us to train her reporters in framing, lighting and sound. This is how the sessions went and what her team now does differently on the street.
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Remote Reporting ·Filing live from outside the studio: preparing for the darker months
Callum Reid on how remote reporting changes as autumn turns to winter: shorter daylight, colder kit, and the checks that keep a live link steady for the weeks ahead.
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Trade Terms ·Pool Footage, Stand-Ups and Cutaways: Crew Terms Explained Plainly
A plain-words guide to the terms a breaking news crew uses on location, so editors and producers know exactly what is being shot and delivered.
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