Do Digital Media Journalism Skills Help In a Career In Film Production?

Though at first glance the two don't seem like they would correlate much, but you may be surprised at how many Digital Media Journalism skills double as Film Production Skills.

The aspects of Digital Media Journalism that I think would benefit someone who works in film production the most are the VNR (Video News Release), and the News Package. A VNR package consists of a slate, B-roll, soundbite interviews, and a shot sheet. All of the components of a VNR package are directly related to film production, so learning these skills from Digital Media Journalism would directly assist someone in the film industry. A news package is a pre-recorded news story that combines video, audio, and voiceover to tell a news story. A news package is film production, every aspect of it is in film production. From the filming to the audio and post-production that goes into a news story, it's all different aspects of film production.