Nieman Foundation at Harvard
HOME
          
LATEST STORY
Journalists fight digital decay
ABOUT                    SUBSCRIBE

Articles tagged vertical video (7)

“It’s a much better experience if you’re not turning your phone. And people don’t turn their phones.”
“Audiences really want to see you be a human being.”
The BBC’s digital team worked alongside the editorial staff to shape the coverage and determine best practices for vertical video.
Here’s how some top news publishers are shaping their interactives for mobile: “These devices are there, they have these capabilities built into them, so how do we use them in our storytelling?”
Some outlets are turning their cameras sideways. Others are cropping horizontally shot video to fit a vertical screen.
The Post is betting on “the right stories for the right platform at the right time,” according to its new video director Micah Gelman.
To tell the story of a Justin Bieber/Diplo/Skrillex hit across devices, the Times bet on vertical video: “My guess is very few people really want to turn their phone sideways. So we should give them what they want.”