So says Jeff Jarvis, of The Times-Picayune, that brave New Orleans newspaper that refused to stop churning out reports despite losing their printing press during Hurricane Katrina's onslaught. Read his piece at the digital version of The Guardian, reborn as a tabloid. This digital version (as opposed to Guardian unlimited), may I add, is available for free only for a short while. So hurry!
Back to what I was trying to figure out - yes, we do know that blogs are changing the business of delivering news, but we do not yet know how it is going to affect the lives of we, who work for the media. Insights, anyone?
Monday, September 12, 2005
Friday, May 27, 2005
Idhar, Udhar and Lekin
Looks like stereotypes aren't partial to English news coverage alone. Last night's carpool ride with a Hindi journalist was illuminating. He was complaining of the new in-thing - the minute-long story (as opposed to the now outmoded 90 second story). And the unwritten rule in writing them apparently involves the usage of Idhar, Udhar and Lekin (meaning 'here', 'there' and 'but' in Hindi). His example was simple enough, but please excuse my Hindi. I can vouch for the translation though!
Voiceover 1 - Idhar sansad main Congress ne bataaya ki Bihar assembly dissolution sahi tha. (Here in the parliament, the Congress party said that dissolving the Assembly in Bihar was the right thing to do).
Soundbite 1 - some politician mouthing off.
Voiceover 2 - Udhar BJP ne arop lagaya ki Congress galat tha. (There the BJP said, the Congress were in the wrong).
Soundbite 2 - some BJP politician yelling into the boom mic.
Voiceover 3 - Lekin, is maamle mein kaun sahi hain, sirf waqt hi bataayega.(But only time will tell who is right)
Key: (For those who aren't working in tv news).
Voicover - That part of a tv news 'story' when a disembodied voice speaks over visuals.
Soundbite - That part of story when a part of someone's interview is cut and spliced into the narrative.
What is the tv news world coming to? People, do you really want to be fed crap like this? Zzrrrppkkffff.
Voiceover 1 - Idhar sansad main Congress ne bataaya ki Bihar assembly dissolution sahi tha. (Here in the parliament, the Congress party said that dissolving the Assembly in Bihar was the right thing to do).
Soundbite 1 - some politician mouthing off.
Voiceover 2 - Udhar BJP ne arop lagaya ki Congress galat tha. (There the BJP said, the Congress were in the wrong).
Soundbite 2 - some BJP politician yelling into the boom mic.
Voiceover 3 - Lekin, is maamle mein kaun sahi hain, sirf waqt hi bataayega.(But only time will tell who is right)
Key: (For those who aren't working in tv news).
Voicover - That part of a tv news 'story' when a disembodied voice speaks over visuals.
Soundbite - That part of story when a part of someone's interview is cut and spliced into the narrative.
What is the tv news world coming to? People, do you really want to be fed crap like this? Zzrrrppkkffff.
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