Always record videos horizontally, please!

By Ricardo Soares - Reporter

Amateur videos that end up being shown on television are more and more a reality.

With a smartphone in your pocket, when you least expect it, you can stumble on an event worth recording. There are images that are never published, there are those that end up on social networks, but there are also those that end up being used by television or online newspapers, due to their relevance. It happens almost every day on almost every channel.....

Communicating to a TV camera

By João Tiago - Journalist

In recent decades, society has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the way

how we communicate with each other. Thanks to the explosion of social networks and

other digital technologies, any individual today has the opportunity to communicate

to a global audience in ways and scope that were previously reserved for

professionals.....

Let the journalist go through with it - It's an emergency

By Conceição Ribeiro - Journalist

They are boring, inconvenient, they arrive almost at the same time as the authorities. There are those who call them vultures and those who recognize their value. In an emergency setting they are everywhere, they ask everyone everything. Behind the police, medical staff, firefighters and other civil protection agents, there are always journalists. Is it really necessary? Yes it is! More than in any other scenario, it is in the theater of emergency operations that journalism fulfills its social function.....

War - How to communicate safely

By Luís Silva - Reporter

Donbass - Ukraine

Still without reasons for reporting, there is already so much to film…

Public speaking: 6 tips to combat fear

By Marta Ferreira - Journalist

Sweaty hands, shaky voice, racing pulse... Is it familiar?

Being in front of an audience is not always easy. At work or outside, this can be an overwhelming experience.

A study by the British newspaper Sunday Times in 2015 shows that the fear of speaking in public can overcome other concerns, such as finances or an illness. But like all problems, this one also has a solution.....