Well done multimedia by  NEWS.com.au that gives great insight into aboriginal culture. [ratings]

If you’re new to web development or new to XML, don’t worry — we’ll walk you through it as best we can. Ready? Let’s dive in!

Katherine Hayes the Photography Intern, The Washington Times, has two nice multimedia pieces on her website, Diagnosing Love, Energy, and Monumental Stories, both well-done and worth your time. I love the mirror time-lapse in Diagnosing Love, Energy. Enjoy. [ratings]

Total 5 star eye-candy! Tin Man, the miniseries coming soon to the sci-fi channel is a sometimes psychedelic, often twisted and always bizarre take on The Wizard of Oz. [ratings]

Reporters were given a hardware bundle that consisted of an N95, a Nokia SU-8W portable keyboard, a Sony condenser mic with special N95 adapter, a tripod, and two Power Monkey power stations, including the solar-capable Explorer, all of which linked into a custom mobile CMS that allows stories to be posted almost instantly…….read the rest [...]

Could Joe make things any easier? Ever wonder how to embed your Soundslides into your blog or your IT dept. says they “can’t” embed it on the main site, then this is all you need. Tnxs SoundSlides.

Fantastic use of news, fact, fiction, info graphics, see the First 4 Minutes – Examining the history of U.S. involvement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,  here.

Over the course of a year, Globe photographer Suzanne Kreiter is capturing hidden views, seldom-seen images, and unexpected sounds around Greater Boston. Watch a mosaic of the city develop, with a new image every Monday. Just some plain inspiring journalism here. [ratings]

Andrew DeVigal, multimedia editor for The New York Times, told the Flying Short Course audience about the fundamental building blocks of multimedia storytelling: still images, and audio. “Audio is the low-hanging fruit of multimedia,” DeVigal said. “It’s the easiest, cheapest thing you can add on to photographs to start building multimedia slideshows and to learn.” [...]

Head over to the vii multimedia site for a few must see multimedia stories. In particular check out Road Works by Antonin Kratochvil, Kids and Money by Lauren Greenfield and any of the pieces by Alexandra Boulat. Her photography and journalism will truly be missed, and the work on stories about women in the middle [...]

Caption: Clay Patrick McBride Submitted by: Matt Mallams Photographer: Matt Mallams Date posted: 29 Sep 2007 The gear geek in me must know, what camera is this? Someone, anyone, PLEASE. This image was made at the recent Eddie Adams Workshop by Matt Mallams.

From the MediaStorm Blog: Each year, a few students are selected to not only shoot still images, but record audio as well. Each photographer works intensively with the multimedia team led by Brian Storm and Tom Kennedy to produce a full audio-visual piece within two days. The multimedia team included Robert Browman, Bob Sacha, Diane [...]

Enrollment begins for Mississippi Delta Workshop 08 Barefoot Workshops has started enrollment for the two week documentary workshop in the Mississippi Delta which begins February 17th. Barefoot Workshops is a media based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization where adults and youth are taught video, photography, music, and art as a way to document their surroundings, make change [...]

Love In The First Person: by Matt and Melissa Eich In Love in the First Person Matt and Melissa document their life together as they share their thoughts and fears on the sudden changes in their future. In the span of a year, Matt, 20, won College Photographer of the Year, Melissa, 19, discovered she [...]

Portland Oregonian photographer and videographer Rob Finch’s blog is chalk full of excellent multimedia storytelling and beautiful photography. Plus he links to cool work like this piece from Jamie Francis, and even includes pictures of his dog. Chris Jordan