At War Trailer  Documentary filmmaker Scott Kesterson arrived in Afghanistan in May 2006 to begin a one year journey as an embedded journalist. His film examines the pitfalls and perils of a mostly forgotten war told through the experience of daily living with soldiers. Kesterson tells their stories from his roots as a citizen journalist [...]

From PDN NewsWire: By Daryl Lang Newspapers won two of the four new Emmy Awards for broadband, while multimedia photo production company MediaStorm won a third. The nods from the TV-centered Emmys are an important validation of print outlets that have invested in multimedia

Lovelle Svart, who shared through online videos the struggle and choices of her final months, ended her life September 28 by taking a drug overdose prescribed at her request under Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act. She was 62 and had lived with lung cancer for nearly five years. Thank you, The Oregonian and the team [...]

This is my new benchmark for ‘spot news’ video, no stand-up or narration, all subject driven and edited like Tarantino or Scorsese. “Cody’s Rescue” (Everett McEwan, KWGN-TV/Denver, CO)Note: “Cody’s Rescue” also won the TV Spot News award in NPPA’s 2007 Best of Photojournalism competition. [ratings]

Multimedia journalist’s Tom Van Dyke and Kuni Takahashi Provide a powerful narrative to this well done special report. See Inside The Surge. [ratings] Follow this poetic look at the Cubs from E. Jason Wambsgans and Julia Keller, fun, well done. [ratings]

You’ve got 60 seconds, no more, no less, make it count FILMINUTE The international jury will deliberate on the merits of the shortlisted films and will award one as “Best Filminute” for 2007. WHAT MAKES A GREAT ONE-MINUTE FILM? Filminute is looking to find one-minute films that “resonate” beyond one minute, films that affect the [...]

 The Metropolitan Museum an interactive graphic done right! Props to the team of DeVigal, Carter, Dance and Grondahl. [ratings]

Oh Lomo, I LOVE YOU! Just to prove I’m not all about video and technology. Here’s one of my old school girlfriends back from the dead. To hold, point, and shoot a Diana camera implies a conscious decision to relinquish control. To concentrate your creative powers on capturing the moment and telling a story—rather than [...]

Communications Arts Interactive annual 13  One word, inspiration. Some of the most creative and groundbreaking websites around, good time waster.

Since US papers don’t seem to have a policy, this is the one I’ll follow from the Canadian Journalism Project: The most important rule – NEVER change the meaning of what the interviewee said. With rules like that, who could complain? Rules compiled by Mary McGuire Associate Professor of Journalism Carleton University tnxs, Mary!

FlashForward Boston There are some really cool flash sites and an AWESOME winner in the Narrative section from FilmMakersInResidence [ratings]

I’ve been told that the LATIMES is looking for a few good video shooters, with still backgrounds, email alan.hagman@latimes.com, also: Online Video Producer, The Hill Newspaper Multimedia Editor MSNBC, New York NPR Digital Media, Associate Producer BATTLE LAB, Multimedia Design Maven

Life is good! I got a call today from some friends at ThinkTank Photo and they are now sponsoring the site. This great news! I have been holding back from posting because I thought I might get shut down, NOT NOW. Also I am still moving to Move30.com–the blog portion should be live on Monday–Life [...]

GOOD NEWS: Looks like we got too big for our own good! BAD NEWS: Gotta close down or move. I have a plan in the works to move to MOVE30.com. Personally, I don’t have the resources $$$ to pay for a bigger ISP. Some good friends @ Move30.com are creating a great blog for me [...]

The Shock Doctrine Short Film | Naomi Klein A Film by Alfonso Cuarón and Naomi Klein, directed by Jonás Cuarón. “When I finished The Shock Doctrine, I sent it to Alfonso Cuarón because I adore his films and felt that the future he created for Children of Men was very close to the present I [...]