RTÉ (Irish television)

Supporting Eyewitnesses in a News Feature

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…

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Teen COVID-19 Survivor Sends a Message

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,…

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