Tagi print journalist runs blog with video contributions

Martin Killian, America correspondent for the Tages-Anzeiger, will be reporting on the United States and the American elections in particular in a blog on the Tagi website from Thursday. He is thus combining print and Internet. He will also have his say in the form of video contributions, as the Tages-Anzeiger reported on Thursday. Kilian will produce the contributions himself, the technical equipment will be made available to him and he has been introduced to the art of video filming in a crash course, said Sandra Manca, Head of Tages-Anzeiger Online, when asked by Werbewoche. As a layman in the field of filming, the foreign correspondent will not always deliver technically perfect images, but this will make the films appear all the more authentic. According to Manca, how often Kilian will speak is up to him. Whenever he has something to report, he will be seen and heard from. However, two to three blog posts per week are expected. At irregular intervals, his experiences in America are also published in a column in the print edition of the Tages-Anzeiger.
 
According to Manca, it remains to be seen whether other print journalists will take up blogging in the future. Although the concept was developed specifically for Kilian, it cannot be ruled out that other print journalists will soon be reporting on what is happening in the world via the Internet.