KCET Online – Explore Ca – Web Stories – Iraq – Loomis Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Rick Loomis has covered the Iraq war for the Los Angeles Times. His outstanding series on "The Siege of Fallouja" and his heartbreaking Los Angeles Times multimedia report on wounded soldiers in "The Lifeline" have pushed the boundaries of mainstream [...]

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This from John W. Poole at NPR: I want to encourage peoplewith non-traditional, non-TV backgrounds to apply (and to veryliberally interpret the 5 year experience requirement): #WEB1635 – Producer I (Video), NPR Digital MediaPitches story ideas.  Shoots and edits video on news, arts and musicsubjects; collaborates with NPR reporters and producers to createvideo reports; develops [...]

The link below fr this wiki, is a good start for compression, I will soon publish an extensive 'cheat sheet' on compression, stay tuned! Tutorial:High quality at low bit rates – Quicktime Wiki – a Wikia wiki___________________________________________ Interview Basics – O'Reilly Digital Media Blog________________________________________________ Looks like this could be a very cool site for inspiration, [...]

Rule Number 1YOU ARE NOT in control, your viewers are.Rule Number 2Your viewers time and attention are precious, this is not  FRONTLINE. Your pieces should not be longer than 4 minutes, otherwise, chapterize, the viewer can come back and see the rest IF THEY WANT.Rule Number 3Make your videos 'sharable.' The internet is about sharing [...]

The Soundslides video plug-in converts your audio slide show to various video formats with the help of the free Quicktime Player on Macs.  The plug-in is not included with the Soundslides application, and is purchased as a separate item.SOUNDSLIDES.COM

This is a great and inspirational way to present information, i’d love to see a newspaper site try this approach, hint hint.

Steve Mellon and his daughter Chole, along with buy-in from the post-gazette posted this inspiring blog by the 9-year-old. I thought this was a fun find.enjoy,-r clipped from post-gazette.com  

This is a great new site with tons of potential for visual story telling. clipped from www.vuvox.com

ICM Interview: Regina McCombs, startribune.com multimedia producer “My feeling is that we will no longer hire people without multimedia skills, since we’re learning it’s cheaper to hire those skills at the beginning than have to train people in them after the fact.” Poynter Online – Hate Your Voice? A Vocal Coach Speaks Up on Why [...]

Please excuse the mess while i decide how to keep sharing stuff. I am going to harness the power of my del.icio.us feed. If you don’t know what that means, you should! If you do, then what i am using is a feature to auto post my most recent delicious tags as a blog post. [...]

A community upload website that showcases multimedia stories whether they are documentary, fiction, video, photography-driven, motion design or animation. Along with a blog like this built-into the site. A place to not only display the great work that is being done out there by you, but also a valuable platform to connect storytellers and creatives [...]