May 23, 2012 NPR Creates Team to Build News Apps Steve Myers at the Poynter Institute on NPR putting a big bet on news applications, hiring a team of seven to build them. Man, I wish I knew how to code … Categories Journalism/Multimedia
February 16, 2012 NPPA Multimedia Immersion Registration Now Open There are only 40 slots for the 2012 edition, get yours now. Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video
December 28, 2011 Using Project Argo as a Teaching Model Matt Thompson writes over at Idea Lab about what he’d do differently if he were launching NPR’s Project Argo in 2012. Going through his five points, there’s an awful lot we, as visual journalists, can put to good use. And I think I shall in my classes. The big one, the one I’ve been hammering journalism students and journalists on... Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory
December 23, 2011 Yearend Reading I’m on the road, catching up with family and friends for a while, so it will be quiet the next few days around here. But, to keep you busy, Photoshelter has posted list of what they think are the best photo blog posts of the year – that’ll keep you busy for a while. (Thanks to NPPA President Sean Elliot... Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism
December 20, 2011 I Want a Balloon And not just some little mylar thing, a big, red, helium filled balloon that carries a camera on an intravalometer. Why? Because my next big hobby could be grassroots mapping. It’s a process that lets you map an area on your own. Because I, in my mind, apparently have too much time on my hands … Categories Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk
December 19, 2011 Advanced Storytelling Workshop Registration Opens FYI, registration for the NPPA’s Advanced Storytelling Workshop has opened. It’s running April 15-20 in San Marcos, Texas. Categories Advice & Learning/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism
December 14, 2011 Cute, But Bad for Your SEO I require my upper level students to have a Twitter account. Sometimes we use it extensively, sometimes we don’t. But, darn it, they have one. As journalists, I also tell them that having a private account is generally a bad thing – you want to have open lines of communication, you want your knowledge to be shared. That can’t happen... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia
December 6, 2011 Training Our Audience Let’s face it, most of us know that video is an awesome (though not all-encompassing) story telling tool. There are some things it just does better than stills or words. And we’ve watched a couple waves of the-future-is-video, oh-no-no-one-is-watching-it came and go now. So, which is it? A massive time suck and drain on our time and financial resources? Or... Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video
December 5, 2011 Reuters Global Journalism Internships Only a week left for the next round of internship applications for Reuters Global Internships. Deadline for the Americas is December 15. From their site: ARE YOU A GOOD FIT? You are a student or recent graduate who is passionate about news and a quick learner. You have a strong academic record in journalism, economics, business, law, accounting, languages or... Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism
December 1, 2011 MediaStorm Workshops for 2012 On my list of things I’d like to do is the Methodology Workshop at MediaStorm. They have announced the 2012 schedule for those, as well as their Advanced Multimedia Workshops. Wonder how flush my boss feels this week … hmmm … Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Multimedia