Telling The Story

It was a pretty cool moment. At last year's NPPA Southeast Storytelling Workshop, one of the loudest ovations came for someone in the audience. One of our speakers was talking about the innovative work being done at his company, and he showed a live shot from a reporter and photographer who happened to be in attendance at the workshop. During the shot, for a story about a suspect who left a fingerprint at the scene, the reporter smudged his thumb on the camera, and the photographer panned toward a light that enabled the thumbprint to appear on the camera. Check it out: [video width="576" height="320" mp4="http://tellingthestoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/video-1495075606.mp4"][/video] The workshop crowd erupted ... because the reporter and photographer had made the extra effort to conceive and execute a compelling and eye-catching live shot. Fast forward a year later, and that reporter -- WLOS-TV's Justin Hinton -- has gone from attending a workshop to presenting. He will be speaking with coworker Eva