Workflow
How to Prepare Your Newsroom for a Workflow Review
A practical guide to getting ready for a review of how stories travel from first tip to broadcast: what to gather, who to involve and what to expect on paper afterwards.
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Notes from our crews and editors on shooting, editing and running a news operation under pressure.
The News Desk collects short, practical articles from the people who shoot and cut news video for a living. They cover camera technique, edit turnaround and newsroom routines, and a new piece appears about once a day.
Training
Before You Book Camera Training: A Checklist for News Teams
A plain checklist for editors weighing up hands-on camera workshops for reporters and camera staff: who should attend, what to bring, and what to settle first.
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Editing
Six Common Mistakes in Same-Day News Editing and How to Avoid Them
Fast edits fail in familiar ways: late briefs, loose captions, wrong delivery specs. Iwan Davies walks through the slips we see most often and the simple habits that prevent them.
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Prices
What a Breaking-News Camera Crew Costs and What Moves the Price
A plain account of how a day rate for a camera crew is built, what it covers, and which parts of a developing story push the final figure up or down.
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Client Story
One Quiet Studio Chair and a Nervous Guest Called Dilys
A short account of a studio interview for a regional news programme, and how a few changes to light, sound and seating turned a stiff first take into a usable one.
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Workflow
Preparing Your Newsroom Workflow for the Darker Months
Part two of our look at workflow reviews: what to check in how stories move from tip to broadcast before early dusk, winter weather and holiday rotas change the pace.
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Trade Terms
Headroom and Lead Room: Two Framing Terms for Handheld News Shooters
Two small framing terms, headroom and lead room, explained in plain words, with notes on how we teach them to reporters and camera staff shooting handheld on a deadline.
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Editing
Same-Day Edit or Overnight Turnaround: Which Suits Your Bulletin?
Two ways to handle edited news packages, a same-day edit in the evening or an overnight turnaround with more polish. Rhian Hughes compares them and says which she recommends.
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Behind the Scenes
On the Road with a Breaking-News Crew: What Happens Before We Hit Record
Gareth Pritchard walks through a typical call-out, from the first phone call to the file landing on your desk, and the small habits that keep a crew useful.
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Studio Interviews
The Questions Editors Ask Most About Studio Interviews
Producers keep asking us the same things before booking a studio interview: how long it takes, what the set needs and how the look stays consistent. Here are our plain answers.
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Company News
What a Newsroom Workflow Review at glamorixa Involves, Step by Step
Our workflow review follows a story from first tip to broadcast and ends with written recommendations your editors and producers can act on. This note explains how a review runs.
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Training
Kit, drills and habits behind our handheld camera workshops
A look at the tools, practice materials and teaching methods we use when we train reporters and camera staff to shoot, frame and light stories under time pressure.
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Editing Guide
A Practical Guide to Same-Day Edits for Breaking News Packages
How we trim, caption and deliver a news package within hours, and what a desk can do before the footage arrives to keep a same-day edit calm and accurate.
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Crew checklist
Before You Book a Breaking-News Crew: A Checklist for Editors
Seven questions an editor can work through before sending a camera crew to a developing story, from access and rights to transmission and who answers the phone at the desk.
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Studio Interviews
Studio Interview Mistakes That Cost You Airtime, and How to Avoid Them
Most studio interview problems start before the guest sits down. Iwan Davies walks through the lighting, framing and sound errors we see most often and the simple habits that prevent them.
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Pricing
What a Newsroom Workflow Review Costs and What Moves the Price
A plain account of how we price a newsroom workflow review, what the fee covers, and the handful of factors that make one review cost more or less than another.
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Client story
A Handheld Workshop for a Regional Newsroom: Dylan's Story
Dylan, a reporter who also shot his own pieces, joined a camera technique workshop with his colleagues. This short account follows what changed in his handheld shooting over a few weeks.
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Seasonal advice
Getting Your Edit Desk Ready for the Dark Evenings Ahead
Early sunsets, weather alerts and busy bulletin slots change how same-day edits behave. Rhian Hughes sets out how to prepare your turnaround routine for the coming months.
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Trade terms
What 'Turn Over' Means When a Camera Crew Is Sent to a Story
A plain-words guide to the phrase 'turn over' and the related crew terms that cause confusion between desk and field, and what each one asks of a breaking-news camera crew.
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Studio Interviews
Two Ways to Light a News Interview: Softbox Set-Up or Window Light
Gareth compares a fixed studio softbox set-up with a window-light interview setting, weighs sound, consistency and speed, and says which one we recommend for most news programmes.
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