Practical writing from our crews and edit suite on camera technique, newsroom workflow and getting breaking stories to air quickly and accurately.
We publish about one article a day, drawn from daily work in the field, the edit suite and the gallery. Each piece is written for producers and editors who need practical detail.
Live Link-Ups
A practical walkthrough of preparing a portable transmission kit for a live report from the scene, from checking signal and power to confirming the feed with the gallery.
Priya Nair
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Workflow
A practical checklist for editors weighing up workflow consulting: what to audit in ingest, approvals and archives, and what to settle before asking anyone to change how stories move.
Daniel Pearce
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Field Notes
Field Reporter Tom Fletcher walks through the common errors that cost crews time at a developing story, from arrival to first file, and the habits that avoid them.
Tom Fletcher
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Editing costs
A field reporter's view of how edit time, graphics, captions and turnaround shape the price of a news package, and where a client can keep the bill sensible.
Tom Fletcher
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Customer Case
Marcus runs a small online news outlet and needed a proper studio for a weekly bulletin. Rachel Hollis tells how the set, autocue and three cameras came together in a single booked day.
Rachel Hollis
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Live Link-Ups
Mid autumn brings early dusk, wet ground and unreliable signal. Daniel Pearce sets out how we prepare portable transmission kits for live reports from the scene back to the gallery.
Daniel Pearce
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Newsroom Terms
A plain-words explanation of ingest, the first step every piece of footage takes, and why getting it right decides how quickly a story can reach air.
Rachel Hollis
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Crew planning
Two ways to get a camera operator and reporter to a developing story: keep a crew on your own payroll, or book one from a field team when needed. Here is how they compare, and what I recommend.
Rachel Hollis
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Behind the scenes
A look at what actually happens between raw footage arriving and a finished package leaving, from ingest and selects to graphics, captions and the final check before delivery.
Rachel Hollis
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Studio Production
The question we hear most from producers: is a lit studio set with autocue and several cameras worth it for a two-minute bulletin? Here is how we answer it.
Daniel Pearce
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Company news
A look at how our live link-up kits are packed, tested and handed to crews so a report from the scene reaches the gallery cleanly and on time.
Rachel Hollis
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Methods
Three plain tools sit under every faster newsroom we help: an ingest sheet, a named approval rota and a short archive tagging scheme. Here is how each one is built and kept.
Rachel Hollis
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How-to guide
A step-by-step guide to briefing a field crew, so the camera operator and reporter reach a developing story prepared and your first footage arrives in your gallery quickly.
Daniel Pearce
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Editing
A working checklist from our lead editor for producers weighing up fast-turnaround editing: what to confirm about footage, graphics, captions and sign-off before the clock starts.
Priya Nair
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Studio Practice
Rachel Hollis, our Head of Production, goes through the errors that most often slow a studio bulletin or interview segment, and the small habits that keep a recording on schedule.
Rachel Hollis
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Live Link-Ups
A plain breakdown of how live link-up work is priced: kit, crew, transmission route, time on site and notice given, so producers can budget before they call.
Rachel Hollis
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Client case
Marcus runs a three-person news desk. This is a short account of how we reorganised his ingest, approvals and archive so finished stories stopped waiting in a queue.
Priya Nair
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Seasonal advice
Short days, wet roads and early dusk change how a crew reaches and films a developing story. Priya Nair sets out what to check now, before the winter run of incidents begins.
Priya Nair
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Editing Terms
A plain-words explanation of the rough cut: what it contains, what it leaves out, and why producers who understand it get their packages on air sooner and with fewer corrections.
Tom Fletcher
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News video crews, edit suites and live link-ups for broadcasters and publishers, based in Exeter and working across the South West.