After reading the article on the "staging of video" within the news, I certainly understood the angles that Al Thompkins took instructing the dangers in staging. The principle rule is not to add anything for adding things be it sounds, or any other types of special effects can alter the ultimate goal for which the journalist seeks; the truth.
I think this article should be read in the beginning of the course as a reminder of journalism's ethical guidelines and how to go out and create stories. I made the mistake in adding sound effects in my first audio which deceives the listener. I didn't think about how it altered reality and blocked the search for the truth, impeded by my desire to make it a "story" where the word story in news in different than story in entertainment. Stories are bare bones truth where a listener, viewer or reader makes up their minds based on factual information.
The other tips were also helpful reminders on how to continue to bring out the truth in your reporting. The lesson learned through reading the article was to keep Hollywood in Hollywood and allow news to be news.
--SSliker
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