Send us a video
Ready for your close-up?
If you’re a letter to the editor writer who’d prefer to be seen as well as heard, your time (almost) has come.
Early in 2009, the News & Record will begin to “publish” video letters.
What’s a video letter?
It’s a letter you read before a camera for posting on our Web site.
If, for instance, you’ve got a complaint about a noisy intersection, you may choose to shoot your commentary on the scene to make your point more dramatically. The same goes for an eyersore or a cherished landmark that faces possible destruction.
You may record video commentaries on your own and e-mail them to us. Also, we’ll also make occasional days and times available during which you can record your letter in the News & Record’s studio.
As long as your video meets our taste and length guidelines, almost anything goes.
Watch the newspaper for more details in the coming weeks.
But we encourage you to think visually. You don't just have to sit there. Show us and tell us wherever possible.
This is a new concept for us and most newspapers, but hardly an original one.
Here is a look at what they do with video letters at the Orlando Sentinel.
P.S: Don't use the guy who does the nearly 18-minute video letter as a role model. One minute or so is the optimal length.
Comments (5)
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Would it be okay to submit short instructional videos on various subjects, for example; how to still go to work and avoid occupational "resignation" (ie:set up temporary offices in the men's room, hallway or tent outside the building or work out of the trunk of a police crusier) despite being locked out of one's office by management, and different practical subjects like this?
Posted on January 4, 2009 1:33 PM
Oh goody, Now we will allget to see Chuck Mann
Posted on January 5, 2009 8:25 AM
To the Savage:
Yes. That sounds like a good candidate.
Posted on January 5, 2009 8:47 AM
Will get started right away.
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Resignation-Smegisnation !!!
Posted on January 5, 2009 10:47 AM
Will get this into video as soon as I can get Yvonne on board.
Posted on January 5, 2009 11:20 AM