Web Design – Page 2 – Visual Journalism

September 7, 2009

Reporter's Guide to Multimedia Proficiency

Okay, I admit I haven’t read this as a whole, but I read all of the pieces as Mindy McAdams, Flash Goddess, posted them over the last year or so. She’s now compiled a 42 page PDF of her advice on stepping up your online journalism game. Given the thoroughness and inventiveness of her past work, this is a Must...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Audio/Business & Industry/Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 27, 2009

CoPress on the Web Centric Newsroom

A while ago I posted a link to a CoPress piece on innovation in the newsroom. Which was very fancy, but sort of light on specifics. Turns out, that was just the start – their second piece is now up and it talks about thinks to do and change in your newsroom. The Web-centric newsroom from CoPress on Vimeo.

Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia

March 22, 2009

Building Your Web Site

Over on the Photopreneur site is a post on “How to Catch a Photo Editor’s Eye.” While not aimed at the journalism realm, there is a lot of good info in there – particularly on letting the images shine, not the web site. Personally, I think Flash is a fantastic tool for interactive design. But it can also be slow...

At Work/Business & Industry/Graphic Design

December 8, 2008

SEO for Photographers

“SEO” is “search engine optimization,” and it’s a little black art we all need to learn. It’s what helps your web site get found on the net. It’s not enough just to build a beautiful site, you have to keyword it and structure it so potential clients can find you. Levi Wardell over at Black Star Rising has a good...

At Work/Business & Industry/Graphic Design

November 10, 2008

NYTimes.com on Election Night

Here it is – how the NYTimes.com home page evolved throughout election day. Very cool.

Graphic Design

November 3, 2008

The Power of True Multimedia

This … this … this is what multimedia can do so well. The New York Times, the Gray Lady, has put together a nearly 14-minute long tour-de-force looking at the presidential campaign. It is a stunning combination of photos, videos, audio, graphics and narrations. It is a complete package. How complete? Pay attention to the “Related Links” box below the...

Audio/Good Work/Graphic Design/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Video

October 29, 2008

Visualization Lab

The New York Times has a new subsection that lets you look at news stories visually. I could lose days on this …

Graphic Design/Multimedia

August 13, 2008

Underage Chinese Gymnasts in Do or Die Matchup with Women's Gymnastics star Nastia Liukin over SEO Tips for the Masses

Just learned about this … Google has a page that lists the current top search terms. If you’re writing news headlines, might be worth getting some of these in to raise your page ranking. (As of this writing, that headline has three of the top 10 terms in it.)

Graphic Design/Multimedia

January 14, 2008

Guest Speaker Jim Stovall – Thursday, Jan. 24, 11 a.m.

Professor Jim Stovall will describe the Tennessee Journalist, the student news web site he created at the University of Tennessee. Prof. Stovall was the brainchild behind Dateline Alabama and runs JProf.com, as well. He’ll be here to talk with us about student news web sites and is a jack-of-all-codes, so to speak, and can help us think about what we’re...

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November 1, 2007

Geek Alert – Eye-Fi

So you think downloading your cards takes too much time? Wish you could “live post” images to the web as you shoot them? Without having to spend hundreds of dollars on wireless bits from Canon or Nikon? Check out the EyeFi – a SD card that acts as a wireless transmitter, moving images from your camera to computer to the...

Graphic Design/Tech Talk

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