Comments on: Hitting the right note when news sites mix music and journalism

By: kim/ohradiogirl

kim/ohradiogirl — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:56:55 +0000

I like these short interviews. Good information. I don’t use a lot of music in pieces, but I do like that sort of ‘empty’ music that brings something, but doesn’t cloud the piece. Thanks for the info.

By: Old traditions in a new media landscape « -30- | Adventures at the end of journalism.

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:31:35 +0000

[...] out the posts on the Nieman Web site here and here to for full transcripts and links to the equipment O’Leary [...]

By: Online Journalism Rocks » Blog Archive » Building a searchable database (with music)? - Journalism 453: Online Reporting and Editing

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:59:10 +0000

[...] music and journalism is much more advanced on radio than on newspaper sites; watch this interesting video interview with multimedia producer Amy O’Leary about how the Times is beginning to add music to their news [...]

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Use of music embraced by New York Times « MusicForMedia — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:41:15 +0000

[...] celebrate and promote the use of music in nonfiction multimedia projects. So I was delighted to see this video from the Nieman Journalism Lab of New York Times multimedia producer Amy O’Leary explaining just how she used music in a groundbreaking election [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:19:24 +0000

Cool article. This American Life makes fantastic use of music… really adds to the stories.

By: Christopher Ave

Christopher Ave — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:17:46 +0000

Thanks Zachary and Amy, especially, for this fascinating and on-point video. As a career journalist and lifelong musician, I definitely feel music is underutilized by journalists. If multimedia offers new ways of engaging viewers — and it does — why would we not take full advantage of tools like music? It’s unsurprising that those of us who “grew up” in the business as newspaper journalists would shy away from music. It’s not in our comfort zone. It could be manipulative, we decide, or — worse — deceptive. But I submit that one can be just as manipulative with words and images. Of course, music that is *misused* will harm the final product, just as poorly chosen words can. I love Amy O’Leary’s musical choices in her election video. And I especially love what she said about music that is custom-made for a project: “It’s the difference between an off-the-rack suit and a custom tailored suit.” Amen, Amy!