Category: Multimedia

June 29, 2008

Joint Grady College-Greenville News Project

As some of you know, we did a Maymester multimedia journalism course that was a joint project with the Greenville (S.C.) News. The News reached out to us a year ago and has been offering a lot of informational support, particularly to our multimedia classes. The managing editor there, Chris Weston, came to me in the fall and asked about...

Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk

May 15, 2008

Newly Minted Multimedia Journalists

Rusty Bailey, who’s at the Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune this summer as a multimedia intern, sent along a link to his first solo video – and a spot news piece, to boot. And Sara Guevara, in her first week on staff at the Gainesville (Ga.) Times shot a piece on a new business. But not just any new business – this...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Multimedia/Tech Talk

May 6, 2008

Wicked Awesome Primary Results Map

Damon Kiesow up at the Nashua Telegraph tweeted this a few moments ago: it’s an interactive map of Indiana with county-by-county results from Tuesday’s presidential primary. How cool is that?

Categories Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia

May 4, 2008

Make Your Own Documentary

PBS’ NOVA program has done something stunning – they’re releasing all of the raw video footage from their Car of the Future program. You can download it and re-edit the show. Ever wanted to make a documentary about ecology and car culture? Here’s your stock footage. No commercial usage, but that’s okay by me. For all of the multimedia students...

Categories Advice & Learning/Multimedia/Tech Talk

April 2, 2008

Guests

Billy Weeks, director of graphics and photography at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, joined the Multimedia Journalism class this week to talk about what they’re doing and where this is all heading. He got the “five things all graduating journalists should know” question and answered thusly: Report — Journalism is all about connecting with subjects, the media doesn’t matter. Young...

Categories Advice & Learning/Multimedia

March 31, 2008

Flip Ultra vs. Canon HD

David Pogue at the New York Times pointed this out … Kirk Mastin, from the University of Washington, shot a story on a Canon high definition camera and a Flip Ultra, then edited them exactly the same way in Final Cut Pro … and the results are, well, surprising … It is not the gear, folks. It is the story.

Categories Multimedia/Tech Talk

March 24, 2008

What Does a Multimedia Package Need?

Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess, has the answers on her blog now, based on reviewing projects from masters students.

Categories Advice & Learning/Multimedia

March 24, 2008

Al on Colleges Covering College Basketball

The Poynter Institute’s Al Tomkins put up a piece linking to how college newspapers are covering the NCAA tournaments. A little late for us here, but thinking about how to do this as future events unfold is a good idea. Say, the gymnastics championships … (And if you’re not reading Al’s Morning Meeting, what are you doing with your life?)

Categories Multimedia/Photojournalism

March 19, 2008

"10 Tips for Becoming a Wired Journalist"

The Student Newspaper Survival Blog has a post on 10 things you must know. Go read it, it should sound familiar by now. If it doesn’t, read it again. And memorize it.

Categories Advice & Learning/Multimedia

March 15, 2008

Photo Booths

The New York Times has a story and video about photo booths and their transition from chemical to digital. Interesting and entertaining.

Categories Business & Industry/Good Work/Multimedia