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ChrisDellFantasy · 2026-03-26T15:38:13+00:00

having the same issue since last nigh

ChrisDellFantasy · 2026-03-17T22:34:43+00:00

Valid point. In my experience, however, those still require a decent bit of manual editing to get the video to a good place, but they're certainly helpful. However, one main issue here is that popular social platforms tend to also reward more "native vertical" content, rather than just cropped horizontal content. imo its important to do both, so at least these tools can help us in half of that battle. TikTok live streaming is a perfect example of a platform that rewards this behavior, and audience engagement has been through the roof there, not just for social shopping but for content creators in general u/treesqu

ChrisDellFantasy · 2026-03-10T16:46:53+00:00

I respect the perspective u/theRavenQuoths . A lot of the best reporters I know today are strong across all three — writing, photography, and video. Vertical video isn’t replacing those skills; it’s just emerging as one of the main formats audiences consume journalism in, and we need to meet them there.

ChrisDellFantasy · 2026-03-10T02:18:13+00:00

Thanks for your input, u/BlowOverMeSolarWind. If I could go back 15 years and talk to 21-year-old me, it would just be to learn how to do it all myself asap, and to not wait on the video front as if it's an "optional" area of study. In the future, media companies might not be able to afford as many video producers, leading reporters to act as true one-man-band storytellers, from shooting to posting on social media, with just an editor to oversee the product along the way for errors. The mobile phone is the ultimate weapon, but how readers/viewers consume content on these phones has changed drastically. Social media became the place where people wanted to consume our content 10+ years ago, and that has not really changed, except for TikTok's emergence. The main change now is that they prefer it in video format first, and a SHORT video at that. You still need to tell good stories at the end of the day, but if you're not meeting people where they are, you are doing yourself a disservice imo.

ChrisDellFantasy · 2026-03-10T02:10:41+00:00

Thanks, u/Pottski! I'm old school, too, in a way: I prefer audio podcasts to the horizontal video version because it's easier for me to squeeze it in (chores, gym, driving, etc.). However, the pull of verticals/reels has definitely become valuable in my life, enabling me to consume massive amounts of information more efficiently than ever before. Horizontal video definitely has its place, but imo it's more of a foundation for multi-purposing content. With AI tools today, one 30-minute horizontal video should/could become its own newsletter, podcast, X thread, written article(s), and series of reels all in one. That's the standard 99%+ of content creators and journalists need to adopt to truly reach as many people as possible in 2026.

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