Meagan Phelan, Executive Director of the Science Press Package, gave this presentation at a PR News event at the National Press Club on 8 December, 2016.
in TV news, A-roll is the talking head interview, and B-roll is footage used to make the final news story more visually interesting and ‘tell a story,’ it also helps cover up any editing points (e.g. the reporter nodding her head in between the interviewee’s sentences, or interviewee walking down the hallway or typing on a computer – that’s ‘b-roll’ covering up an edit)
Sophie, can I play these videos?
Influenza virus induced lung epithelial cell death (artistic view).
The font is called "Caper Comic." It's a font that I had purchased for a video project a while back and have stored in my library. There are many free, public domain fonts online on sites like:http://www.1001fonts.com/I could have easily pulled a similar comic font from there. For sites like 1001fonts (and there are many, many others like this one!), you can search for a font by style or feel.
I would mention that like using an image or music that isn't yours, you should always look at the rights for a free font. Many people allow you to download the font in the public domain and use it however you'd like. Others put restrictions on commercial use (anything that will generate direct or indirect income). That being said, there are many great fonts already included on computers. It's a matter of selecting your preferred style. For the nitrogen infographic (attached) that had a LOT of text, I chose a simple, skinny serif typeface that's included on my Mac - Baskerville. So a quick take away would be: Start with fonts already on your computer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_typefaces_included_with_macOS#Font_appearances). Keep it clean and simple - you want the font to complement the graphic and the content, not distract from it. If you don't find what you're looking for already on your computer, there are many public domain options online!
You're not bothering me! The font is called "Caper Comic." It's a font that I had purchased for a video project a while back and have stored in my library. If I remember correctly, I bought it for around $25 from myfonts.com, so I'm not sure I'd specifically recommend it. BUT instead you can mention that there are many free, public domain fonts online on sites like:http://www.1001fonts.com/I could have easily pulled a similar comic font from there. For sites like 1001fonts (and there are many, many others like this one!), you can search for a font by style or feel. I would mention that like using an image or music that isn't yours, you should always look at the rights for a free font. Many people allow you to download the font in the public domain and use it however you'd like. Others put restrictions on commercial use (anything that will generate direct or indirect income). That being said, there are many great fonts already included on computers. It's a matter of selecting your preferred style. For the nitrogen infographic (attached) that had a LOT of text, I chose a simple, skinny serif typeface that's included on my Mac - Baskerville. So a quick take away would be: Start with fonts already on your computer. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_typefaces_included_with_macOS#Font_appearances). Keep it clean and simple - you want the font to complement the graphic and the content, not distract from it. If you don't find what you're looking for already on your computer, there are many public domain options online!
My go-to is the Adobe Creative Suite, but that takes time to figure out and you need to be comfortable building up from scratch. These two I've never used personally but came recommended by Gavin. Juan David has used Piktochart and really liked it. And I believe EurekAlert! used Infogr.am for their end of the year trending news graphic from last year. https://piktochart.com/andhttps://infogr.am/I've seen Canva promoted for social media graphic creations. I wonder if Gadi has used it before?https://about.canva.com/