Most video news stories spotlight one person. This might be a meteorologist analyzing a storm or an ordinary person who had an extraordinary experience, for example, surviving a bear attack. Akin to protagonists in narrative films, such people in the spotlight are the stars of journalistic productions. And like their fictional counterparts, they often are…
read more →Virtual may not equal real, but it sure beats nothing. That’s the idea of the virtual hug promoted by six-year-old Adam King. In a 47-second RTENews feature, mobile journalist @PhilipBromwell captures a massive example: an animated hug-inspiring heart illuminating the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin. FacebookTwitter
read more →Philip Bromwell is one of the leaders in the mobile journalism field. Like many reporters, Bromwell has filed a number stories on the impact of COVID. A few months ago we featured his “Jack’s Story” about a teenager’s encounter with the pandemic. Now, the Irish journalist is back with “Christmas 2020: Dublin Airport,” which explores feelings…
read more →When we look back, we’ll remember 2020 as the year of COVID-19. Since January, the coverage of the pandemic has been wide, deep, and incessant. Is there anything else to say about it until the vaccine arrives? “Jack’s Story” answers in the affirmative. Produced by celebrated mobile journalist Philip Bromwell, this RTÉ report enables Jack,…
read more →The close-up is one of moviemaking’s great distinguishing features. Even in the front row of a live theater, you can’t see details such as sweat on a character’s brow or fingers plucking guitar strings. When you shoot close-ups of your subject, you not only reveal realities that are ordinarily hidden, but you also bring the audience into the action.…
read more →One of mobile journalism’s pathfinders, Philip Bromwell has taken MoJo Fest’s Best News Report award. After years of using traditional video equipment, in 2013 Bromwell began shooting with a smartphone. Working as a one-man-band journalist, he’s shot and edited dozens of video stories for RTÉ, Ireland’s national public service broadcaster. Bromwell also trains journalists in the art and technology of…
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