As a whole, Slate uses some video reporting, but not as much as it possibly could be. The first example that jumps to mind is the Dear Prudence column, which includes a weekly video of Emily Yoffe answering a particularly interesting or controversial question.
In terms of the mobile social videos that we discussed in class, I haven't seen too many of them despite liking Slate's Facebook page. They have a few playlists, and one in particular I recently remember seeing is one of the site's editors explaining how to cut a butternut squash. I found this video particularly helpful, mostly because I love butternut squash and always find it a pain to cut. But the advantage to videos like this is that they're consistently helpful for years to come — every fall, squash comes back into style and Slate can roll out that video and get a lot of views on it.
I know Slate has a lot of other video features, including "Ask a Homo" and "The Shortcut." In general, Slate approaches video more as viral, feature-like and advice-giving content rather than in a news sense. But I would say that speaks to Slate's site and mission as a whole — it's centered less around hard news and more as a magazine, opinion and analysis-type site.
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