Cameramen at Citizen TV have witnessed the station’s reporters grow over time to become some of the best in the industry.
From having to retake a 'piece to camera' multiple times, to waiting for them to prepare to report, in the shortest time possible.
One of the most crucial parts of reporting on-location successfully is to do pre-production.
This means you should arrive early at the scene and set up key interviews and angles, for when you start reporting.
Being prepared also helps reporters react better if things go wrong.
Preparation is not about having rehearsed lines. Certainly, one should know the key messages they want to put across, but shouldn’t memorise them.
The problem with memorising what to say is that when you make a mistake, it is less likely to recover but when one understands the message, they can keep going even after making a mistake.
In journalism, using words like 'um' and 'ah' are the equivalent of sounding like a 12-year-old girl, so those moments tend to throw off reporters.
The news videos we get to see are only the final cuts, that are often preceded by mistakes which happen while shooting.
Maybe it’s that classic 'go big or go home' lifestyle that media personalities lead, or they’re just under pressure.
Whatever the reason, news fails are hilarious, and the reporter fails on this list are some of the funniest, most cringe-worthy.
Watch part one here.
