Personal:  First, I am headed to Poynter this week to help judge NPPA's BOP/multimedia division. I'm honored and excited. I'll do my best to keep you posted about results and inspiration from the contest. I'm also hoping to record a few podcasts with the other judges, so stay tuned. Speaking of NPPA, You shouldn't miss [...]

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Citizen K Street: How Lobbying Became Washingtons Biggest Business | washingtonpost.com

work watch hoops, very well done.

Cockfighting in Puerto Rico

 COMPRESSION TUTORIAL: The Basics [part one] SOURCES: http://www.adobe.com/video_encoder.html http://www.flashvideofaq.com http://www.flashvideofaq.com/timetrials/  http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles http://www.adobe.com/designcenter http://www.jeroenwijering.com http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash  http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia  Encoders/Compressors: The Flash VideoEncoder, which comes with Flash 8 (big$$). Sorenson Squeeze Multiple output formats with the Suite. The ON2 Flix Encoders (from $69 – free demos) The RivaVX FLV Encoder (Free, not available for MAC, no ON2 VP6 codec [...]

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Vietnam: 25 Years After the War

"There is film, there are books and there is this.." Tobias Hulswitt, writer   Ok, I know it's all been done before, blah blah blah…  I have great respect for those who came before me, but It might be time to try some extra cool stuff again. The reason I say this is because I know [...]

You've been putting it off, but you know you want to, but where to start? Well, I think it's time you learned Flash. Download the free trial.   First let's start at the Flash journalism source, Mindy McAdams. Her blog is number one on my list of "Must See TV." And of course she literally [...]

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Well edited, compelling, Inspiring. Check it out. Via the del.icio.us ‘lauralf’The Devil Came on Horseback Add to My Profile | More Videos

a couple anyway: Best Use of Multimedia Large markets category in the 64th annual Pictures of the Year International photojournalism competition! The winning sites are: (1st)Washington Post.com; (2nd) San Jose Mercury News Photo.com; (3rd) New York Times; (AE) Reuters; and (AE) The Times Picayune. Multimedia feature story category of the 64th annual Pictures of the [...]

I’ve spent last 4 months producing a multimedia project that looks at the inner workings of a successful high school wrestling program. Marcin Szczepanski Courier Post Staff Photographer ccwrestling

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NOTE: This crop of entries are the most inspiring yet [for me anyway] don't miss them. Why I like love them, let me count the ways: They're innovative Risky Bold Visually stunning Artistic Storytelling showing They make me think beyond the 'cool factor' They move me to to action. Even by wanting to emulate them. [...]