Singing has been employed for myriad purposes such as expressing love, conveying spiritual beliefs, selling products, and satirizing people (Tom Lehrer’s “Wernher Von Braun“). Now we can add developing empathy to the list. In “School Sings ‘Stefania,’” RTEnews mobile journalist Eleanor Mannion captures scores of students performing the Ukrainian song that won this year’s Eurovision…

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Truckers are the stars of  RTEnews’ timely “Irish aid convoy sets out for Ukrainian border.” Reporter Laura Fletcher leads with the drivers’ comments about their humanitarian mission. But then, like a savvy screenwriter who values the contributions of secondary characters, Fletcher includes a short interview with Tatiana Buhera. A Ukrainian living in Ireland, Buhera provides…

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In two minutes, Irish mobile journalist Philip Bromwell uses b-roll to overcome the talking-head problem.

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Memorable movies are about people  worth knowing.  In fact, narrative films are often named for their key characters. So we have “The Godfather,” “E.T.,” “Thelma & Louise,” and “Goldfinger.” But characters are also crucial in nonfiction films, as mojo journalist Mike Castellucci demonstrates in  “Carrie’s Cakes.” In this short video report, produced for a Texas TV station, Castellucci visited…

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