All entries tagged: Amy O’Leary
Hitting the right note when news sites mix music and journalism
If you check out the videos and slideshows at most major newspaper websites, you’ll find fascinating stories, probing interviews, and even reporters who don’t sound half-bad narrating an audio script. What you won’t find much of is music.
Whether for ethical concerns or a lack of experience in the medium, newspapers have generally shied away from [...]
Audio tips for print reporters from NYT sound sage Amy O’Leary
Setting up my interview with Amy O’Leary, a multimedia producer at The New York Times, was a little intimidating because her specialty is audio, and I hardly know a lavalier from a capacitor. The sound turned out fine, though, with the exception of my questions, which I didn’t think to properly record. If only I’d [...]
