Hurricane Alex Archives | John Tedesco https://johntedesco.net/blog/tag/hurricane-alex/ Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:33:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 26139830 Video: Covering Hurricane Alex with no crazy media stunts https://johntedesco.net/blog/2010/07/02/video-covering-hurricane-alex-with-no-crazy-media-stunts/ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:30:08 +0000 http://johntedesco.net/blog/2010/07/01/ Wouldn’t it be nice if reporters didn’t become the center of the story, and simply show us what was going on when Hurricane Alex made landfall?

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]]> What is it about hurricanes that prompt TV reporters to broadcast live in the wind and rain? It’s like there’s an unwritten rule that they have to make a spectacle of themselves. Wouldn’t it be nice if reporters didn’t become the center of the story, and simply show us what was going on when Hurricane Alex made landfall?

Video Covering Hurricane Alex with no crazy media stunts John TedescoThankfully, this isn’t wishful thinking. Check out Express-News reporter Vianna Davila’s video showing the impact of Hurricane Alex in the Rio Grande Valley. Notice how this video is a mini-documentary — Vianna is simply an observer showing us the sights and sounds of a major storm.

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I’m a big fan of these kinds of online videos, where the reporter is unobtrusively giving viewers a sense of place. For some stories, like a hurricane making landfall, the news article and the news video can compliment each other nicely.

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