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Have you ever clicked on the iMovie (or other free film-editing program) icon on your computer? Most writers haven't, but they should.

The day is coming when the word "professional writer" will include a grocery list of abilities, including blog software abilities, digital camera technique, and video editing. You think I'm joking, but I can think of a couple journalists off the top of my head that have turned those abilities into crazy cool careers.

I've dabbled in the editing myself, but I'm always looking for more guidance. Cobbling together a visual story is a mysterious and difficult art for us text-based dummies like me.

Luckily, the New Videographer blog published A List of Key Video Storytelling Textbooks that can help us use these tools better. Continue reading...

Dig it:

"Television Field Production and Reporting — Despite the dirty word in the title, this book seems to be a complete how-to on the most important things about telling stories with video."

Thanks to Journerdism for the link!