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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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In newsrooms throughout the world, reporters, editors and producers have been making important decisions on how to tell stories about the war in Iraq. Words, images and sound can influence an audience. So how are those decisions made? We'll talk about that later in the program. First, producer Phil Vaughn visited the Boston Globe to learn how they choose the photographs for their war coverage. |
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Ws pan of newsroom Narr 1 - This is the newsroom at the Boston Globe. Dissolve to Paula working in office Narr 2 - In a quiet office, tucked away to one side, images pour in from the war. Paula - Phil "How many photos get a day? When I first come in there are 1000, by midday there are about 2000. That's about twice as many as normal on a regular news day." Narr 3 - As deputy photo director, Paula Nelson's task is to sift through these 2,000 photographs and get that number down to just a few. Paula - "I probably look through them 5 or 6 times. So you do the math. It's a lot of images." Shots of newspapers Narr 4 - Since the war began, the Globe has devoted an entire section to covering it. Photographs have been an important part of that coverage. And if it's true that a picture is worth a thousand words, then the War In Iraq section reads like a novel. Paula - Phil "Do you see that? Do you see a story? That happens with the picture page, it develops into a story - there have been bombings but there were also buildings hits and to show that was part of the story. It's part of the entire war and people need to see that balance and to be emotionally connected so they think about what this whole thing is. It's more than just something on television." Michael - "We try to move the pictures around so they aren't reflective solely of the US side. We are conscious that there are civilians losing their lives as the result of both Iraqi and US forces." Narr 5 - Michael Larkin is a managing editor at the Globe. He knows the power of these pictures and acknowledges the responsibility that comes with publishing them. Michael - "You try to be sensitive to people's emotions when they get paper in morning but at the same time we won't be used as a tool for either side to shape the story. We are independent in what we do." Sound of Paula and staff discussing photos Paula - Phil "Do you try to represent different perspectives everyday? I try to come to it in a fair way. The other day I had a shot of a tank commander with a big tear rolling down his face. Then I remembered a picture of a girl with a tank in her neighborhood. She too had a big tear so that was a really nice contrast to show both sides of the story. Pictures in combination can make a statement that they may not separately so we put them together out there for people to look at and talk about and it makes a bigger impact." Narr 6 - On this day, the big story was the fall of Baghdad. Throughout the morning, television sets in the newsroom were broadcasting images of a toppled Hussein. Paula spent that time studying the photographs sent to her from staff and news services. Paula looking at pictures at photo table Paula - "These are some of the selections that I made this morning. These will be presented to all the editors at the 3:30 meeting. Then after the meeting we'll come out and discuss which ones are best representation for the front page of the paper and they'll go ahead and I'll work with others on this section." Montage of sound bites from the final meetings Paula - Phil "Why have you chosen the photos you have? This is representative bigger picture today…Saddam's portrait is part of big picture… Series of sound about final decisions Michael - "Readers overall have been pleased, of course passions run high during war and there are people who feel the coverage has been slanted one way or another. People see things in the paper that we don't intend - they see decisions and react to that." Narr - What started as 2,000 photographs has been edited down to this: Paula - "There's some nice strong work to go with the stories that were doing so there's some nice play with that. And the front page looks good and the double truck, we'll have a good representation of all of the really strong images. There's always a lot left over that you can't use - of course there's the web site but there was a lot of really good work today." |
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Joining us to talk more about media coverage and the war, City Editor for the Portsmouth Herald Lars Trodson, Jennifer Crompton the news director for WMUR - Channel 9 and Professor Mark Timney from Keene State College. Thank you all for being here. |
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Interesting to look at video images vs. photographs.which more powerful? Was last Wednesday's toppling of Saddam Hussein statue coverage - accurate protrayal of the day? Fighting going on elswhere The wideshot showed less people there? What about the stories here at home. Lars when you're getting ready for your front page, if the image has been played over and over again on tv, do you select another? Jen - World News Tonight - network news follows your 6 o'clock how do you decide how much you'll cover of what's happened that day in the war - when you know the network will have some of that information? It's been said that American media has shown the war as "half as messy" as foreign journalists? Why is that? What about Donald Rumsfeld being upset at media for covering looting - said media should be focusing instead on liberation of a country? Embedded journalists does it work? Cable news has gotten good numbers for coverage - networks did not fare as well - does this mean a Fox TV which takes a conservative stance is what people want now rather than objectivity? The CNN Chief News Executive reveled in NY TImes that things were going on in Iraq for 12 years that he couldn't talk about because it would jeapordize safety of Iraqi staff and Iraqis.Both criticized and praised for that your thoughts? |
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Saturday Night UNH Wildcat Hockey ended it's season with a loss to Minnesota in the Championship game of college hockey's Frozen Four. Fans around the granite state had high hopes as UNH went into the third period tied one to one. But during the third period, hope of a championship faded as the Golden Gophers came on strong to put the game way with a final score of five to one. The Wildcats had a great season, winning their second consecutive Hockey East title. Joining us to talk about the season and what we can expect in the future, head coach Dick Umile and Captain and Junior Forward Patrick Foley. Thank you both for joining us. |
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Coach Umile - Minnesota celebrated their second-consectutive National Championship Coach Umile, you've been 4 times in the last 6 years what does it take to get here? Patrick - While you didn't take home the national championship you are the champs of the hockey east, Patrick that's something to be pretty proud of. Patrick - From the looks of it you had a huge crowd out in Buffalo, how important are the fans? Coach Umile - You have graduating 6 seniors. Was it hard seeing them wear their jerseys for the last time. Patrick - And how was it for you playing with the seniors Hemingway, Prudden and Stafford for the last time? Patrick - What is it like to have you young boys and girls coming up and asking for your autograph or leaning over the railling just to have you slap their hand? Coach Umile - You must be pretty proud of your players not only do they give it all on the ice but they are role models for young players and they also work with the community do outreach, The DARE program, reading to children, and we know that Patrick went and spent some time with the Northeast Passage Sled Hockey. I don't think a lot of people know about these things. Tell us about it. Patrick - I don't think people realize how much of a commitment you make to playing hockey at this level. Is it true that you begin training for next year in a week or so? Coach - What's the next step? What does next year look like? Now Patrick is this year's captain are you automatically captain next year? |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - A congressional update with US Representative Charles Bass. He'll talk about the war, the budget and much more. I hope you'll join us. |
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That's it for this edition of our program. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Ally McNair. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next time on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. A congressional update with US Representative Charles Bass. He'll talk about the war, the budget and much more. Tonight at 10pm on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/14/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 18:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, we focus on war and the media. In newsrooms throughout the world, reporters, editors and producers have been making important decisions on how to tell stories about the war in Iraq. Words, images and sound can influence an audience. So how are those decisions made? We'll talk about that later in the program. First, producer Phil Vaughn visited the Boston Globe to learn how they choose the photographs for their war coverage. Joining us to talk more about media coverage and the war, City Editor for the Portsmouth Herald Lars Trodson, Jennifer Crompton the news director for WMUR - Channel 9 and Professor Mark Timney from Keene State College. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn, Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Paula Nelson\Deputy Dir. of Photography, Boston Globe, Michael Larkin\Deputy Managing Editor/News Operations, Boston Globe, Mark Timney\Keene State College, Lars Trodson\Portsmouth Herald, Jennifer Crompton\WMUR-9 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/14/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 18:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, we focus on war and the media. In newsrooms throughout the world, reporters, editors and producers have been making important decisions on how to tell stories about the war in Iraq. Words, images and sound can influence an audience. So how are those decisions made? We'll talk about that later in the program. First, producer Phil Vaughn visited the Boston Globe to learn how they choose the photographs for their war coverage. Joining us to talk more about media coverage and the war, City Editor for the Portsmouth Herald Lars Trodson, Jennifer Crompton the news director for WMUR - Channel 9 and Professor Mark Timney from Keene State College. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn, Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Paula Nelson\Deputy Dir. of Photography, Boston Globe, Michael Larkin\Deputy Managing Editor/News Operations, Boston Globe, Mark Timney\Keene State College, Lars Trodson\Portsmouth Herald, Jennifer Crompton\WMUR-9 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/14/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 7:30 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, Saturday Night UNH Wildcat Hockey ended it's season with a loss to Minnesota in the Championship game of college hockey's Frozen Four. Fans around the granite state had high hopes as UNH went into the third period tied one to one. But during the third period, hope of a championship faded as the Golden Gophers came on strong to put the game way with a final score of five to one. The Wildcats had a great season, winning their second consecutive Hockey East title. Joining us to talk about the season and what we can expect in the future, head coach Dick Umile and Captain and Junior Forward Patrick Foley. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Jennifer Ellis NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dick Umile\Head Coach, UNH Hockey, Patrick Foley\Jr Captian, UNH Hockey |
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