nat sound issues

I'm blogging about the newslab article from last week giving tips about getting good nat sound because it provided lots of good tips for this assignment. Something I learned with the Marantz (and continued learning with the video cameras) is the importance of asking questions differently. As a reporter with the Missourian I usually ask simple, yes or no, can-you-confirm-this type questions. It was really difficult to ask open ended questions instead and be more conversational. And the most important lesson: you need to shut up and let the other person talk so you can get the sound bytes and clips you need. Both with the Marantz and the video camera I had to cut footage of my own voice interrupting the person I was interviewing.