Jake McLernon taught Steven Klein’s online journalism class the basics of shooting and composing video packages at George Mason University Tuesday.

McLernon has been working with video for almost a year and is almost entirely self taught. A natural, McLernon quickly became the photo and video editor for GMU’s Connect2Mason website.

Journalistic importance

Video is an increasingly important skill for journalists to have on their tool belt. The switch from paper to online journalism put an increased demand for journalists with video skills. McLernon taught the class easy ways to shoot and assemble media packages for journalism stories and showed that everything you need is in an iPhone.

With the iPhone replacing bags of heavy equipment, it is easier than ever for journalists to capture crucial video, making knowledge of video essential for any up and coming journalist.

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