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November 11, 2007

Sunday Morning Humor

My generation believed that “War Games” was about as cool as computer movies could get. Of course, we also thought that “Tron” had the greatest graphics ever, too … so what did we know? But imagine what would happen if some modern shows were done in an earlier time … say, “24” being done in 1994 …

Tech Talk

November 8, 2007

Filter Ethics

I’ve been sitting on this one for a while because I’m not sure how I feel about it. Part of me is angry, part annoyed and part … well, just accepting. CNN.com posted a video several weeks ago about a Scottish farmer who is refusing to sell his land to Donald Trump. Trump wants to build a golf course, the...

Ethics & Legal/Tech Talk

November 5, 2007

Motion Graphics Talk – Wednesday Night

From David Hazinski in Broadcast, something to think about going to. Meaning, GO!! Motion graphics workshop Wednesday night in the photo lab, room 130. Unless we get too many people, then we’ll probably move to the newsroom. My classes had asked for ‘more’ on motion graphics, so I set this up… then invited Mark Wright. Mark has been the chief...

Advice & Learning/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Tech Talk

November 2, 2007

The Mundane Becomes Cool

One of the things I love about newspapers moving into new storytelling modes is the ability to make a seemingly mundane thing more interesting. Had I ever told my staff to go to a football game and cover the chain gang – the volunteers who move the first down markers around – they would have had a fit. But the...

Good Work/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

October 19, 2007

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Get your attention? Over on the VII agency web site, Lauren Greenfield has a video posted titled “Kids + Money” – and it’s one of those things you just have to watch. No bells, no whistles – just startling content. You may feel in the first few minutes that there’s a definite bias here, but watch it all the way...

Multimedia/Tech Talk

October 17, 2007

New Principal

Sean Elliot, at The Day, in New London, Conn., sent along a link to one of his first video pieces – a look at a new elementary school principal. It is simply shot – there’s nothing fancy in here – and the editing is very straightforward. The audio works well and the compositions mirror how a still shooter (which is...

Multimedia/Tech Talk

October 1, 2007

Reuters on Kenji Nagai

The Reuters photo blog has a brief on the image of Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai who was killed in Myanmar last week.

Good Work/Journalism/Tech Talk

October 1, 2007

The Real Reason Newspapers Need to do Video

The Austin American-Statesman shows us why we need journalists who are prepared to work in all areas … (Okay, for some real commentary on the YouTubification of Amer … well, the world, try this piece instead.)

Good Work/Tech Talk

September 26, 2007

Burning Man 2007

The Las Vegas Sun has videos – and Flickr photo feed – up from this year’s Burning Man festival. This goes well beyond what a “normal” broadcast station would do on this type of story – it has the traditional journalistic narrator, as well as interviews, but adds text and stop-motion style photography to the package. It’s smooth, sophisticated –...

Good Work/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Tech Talk

September 17, 2007

Finding the Way Home

MediaStorm has posted their latest package by Brenda Ann Kenneally looking at a family two years after Katrina. I see some interesting things in this 10 minute piece, but I’m curious what others think. So you speak first.