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Another aspect to KSL's coverage of the Olympic Games involves something we've never done before. In fact, we consider it groundbreaking because there aren't many stations in the country attempting to do what we're doing: creating stories exclusively for KSL.com.
What I'm doing is called being a backpack journalist, or a one-man band. Basically, it involves me doing everything -- shooting my own video with a smaller camera, putting that video into a laptop computer, writing and editing it on the computer, then posting all that information to the Web site. That's the easy part.
Doing this sort of journalism is exciting, but it is also a lot of work. The backpack journalist is responsible for every aspect of what you see on air, or in our case, on the Web.
Doing stories exclusively for the Web also means those stories can run longer than what you see on a traditional local TV newscast.
We can add pictures to our story, we can add links to give you even more coverage, or we can post complete interviews that aren't edited for TV runtimes.
The Internet has become a major source of news for viewers. But traditionally, those stories on the Web were cut and pasted from TV scripts. And most of the time, they are stories you have already seen on TV.
That's where KSL is trying something new and different. Olympic stories you see from me on KSL.com will be on the Web exclusively. If there is any duplication, it'll be from the Web first and to TV second, not the other way around.
I've already been out on the town getting some of those stories. A couple of them are already on the Web site.
We'll also be adding photos, videos and blogs from myself, Tom Kirkland, Amanda Butterfield and producer Chris Moore on the Olympic Zone portion of our Web site. Check it out on KSL.com.
It's just another way KSL is trying to give you viewers as much information and as many interesting stories as possible.
E-mail: acabrero@ksl.com
