The other day we had the opportunity to speak with Keren Carrion and Emily Bogle. Emily is an editor for NPR and Keren is a short-form visuals producer.
Although we didn't have much time with them, we first talked about their specific roles. Keren is heavily focused on social media. She creates Instagram reels, tik toks, and creates weekly videos. She mentioned there are quick turnarounds in her work. When asked how many stories she's working on at once, she said it really depends. Normally eight or ten. When asked, Emily said the same thing.
Keren then talked a little bit about how many hours go into a one-minute video. Her explanation of the process really didn't surprise me. I'm making a film for my capstone right now and it's definitely time-consuming.
Riley asked a great question to Emily about what someone might look for in an editing portfolio. Emily said she really wants to see someone who has an interest in photo editing. There's no need for extensive experience in photo editing. She also said if we have some editing work to show it. She wants to see visual variety, even in our own editing of our work ourselves.
Lastly, Emily talked a little bit about The Picture Show. It's interesting how we're seeing a pattern that still photography does not seem to be as popular. However, Emily talked about how The Picture Show is something where we can put pitches for photo stories. I think it seems difficult to do so, but not impossible.
The one thing that stood out to me was Emily's comment about how they are struggling for upbeat positive news. I think that's honestly everywhere and I'm glad she did say that. It makes me wonder about the types of stories I'd like to pitch to places like NPR.
