Tech Talk – Page 56 – Visual Journalism

November 24, 2009

On Online Video (podcast)

Up next in our series of podcasts is a talk about the role of video online and how traditional print publications are, can and should move towards it. Guests include Walt Stricklin, Director of Photography at the Birmingham News, Dave Labelle, author and former photojournalism professor, Minla Shields, the former Senior Editor for Planning at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mike Haskey, Columbus...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 23, 2009

On Backpack Journalism (podcast)

Continuing with the conversations we had during our March photojournalism workshop, this one on “backpack journalism,” also known as “mojos” for mobile journalists. Most refer to it as “one man bands.” We hear from Walt Stricklin, Director of Photography at the Birmingham News, Jon Samuels, staff photojournlaist at WXIA in Atlanta, John Curry, Visuals Director at the Augusta Chronicle, Minla...

At Work/Audio/Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 18, 2009

6×6 – 36 Tips to Make You a Better Multimedia Storyteller

Stolen, quite simply, from Richard Koci Hernadez’s Multimedia Shooter site – Adam Westbrook gives you six tips in six areas that will help improve your skills and your stories. The video section sums up what I try to teach so nicely I may not need to teach it anymore.

Audio/Craft/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 18, 2009

Getting Online Video to Work

Two posts online this morning, each linked in content … first up is the Poynter Institute’s Regina McCombs talking about what works in the online video realm. Her assessment mirrors my favorite response to students, “It depends.” Based on the questions that lead to that post, Chuck Fadley at MiamiHerald.com talks about what has worked there, which comes down to...

Journalism/Multimedia/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

November 17, 2009

YouTube Creates Link to Media Sites

The New York Times is reporting this morning that YouTube has signed a deal with several media companies, including National Public Radio, to help handle video from “citizen journalists.” Citizens can click a link on the media sites and send their “news” reports to them where they can be reviewed by editors for possibly publication on the site. My first,...

Tech Talk/Video

November 16, 2009

DigitalJournalist.org to be Unplugged?

Say it isn’t so … but Dirck Halstead, who has run the Digital Journalist online magazine for a dozen years, has informed his readers that the site may go dormant after December’s issue. Long-time sponsor Canon has withdrawn its financial support, but he’s hoping to keep it alive through PayPal donations. Halstead was on of the pioneers of online, non-broadcast...

Multimedia/Tech Talk/Video

November 14, 2009

Video Rolls Online

Sorry, bad pun in the headline … but the New York Times‘ Brian Stetler has taken a look at how online advertising is booming – at least, those that are attached to online video. He brings up that video is expensive, but doesn’t go into much detail on why, so let me hit a few points here: Gear is expensive....

Business & Industry/Tech Talk/Video

November 13, 2009

This New is Old. Again.

It is obvious that I am not a fashion conscious person. Some would argue that I am not even fashion aware. That said, here’s a little something from the New York Times about fashion as they explore the “old is new” theme in men’s clothing – apparently, late 19th century menswear is now fashionable. Which, really, we don’t care about...

Good Work/Tech Talk

November 10, 2009

We Need to Increase Online Profits! Cut the Video!

Seems insane, but it’s what’s happening – as newsrooms trim to save dollars, they let a lot of strong multimedia journalists go. Or, worse, they make weak multimedia folks to mainstream stories. It takes skill, it takes talent and it takes time to tell a story well in video – and if you’ve never done it, you just don’t know...

Tech Talk/Video

November 5, 2009

Amy Vitale on Shooting Video

The Poynter Institute’s Al Tompkins talked with photojournalist Amy Vitale on her new work in video. Vitale, whose still credits include National Geographic, Newsweek and Geo, has this comment towards the end: This is the best time to be a photo journalist. We have more tools available than ever before and we also have an audience bigger than anytime in...

At Work/Business & Industry/Tech Talk/Video

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