Culture in Crisis
October 28, 2007
Well done multimedia by NEWS.com.au that gives great insight into aboriginal culture.
HOW-TO: Make your own annotated multimedia Google map
October 28, 2007
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!
A site to see: Katie Hayes
October 28, 2007
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.
Infinite OZ-some!
October 28, 2007
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.
Mobile Journalism Toolkit - Audio Field Recorder Reviews
October 28, 2007
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 from engadget
Blogger Brad Linder’s site is a great resource for field recorders and even has links to reviews of the new Zoom H2.
Easy embed for Soundslides
October 28, 2007
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.
Fantasic intro to the The Kingdom
October 28, 2007
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.
The City Seen
October 28, 2007
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.
Great Advice
October 28, 2007
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.” DeVigal talked about just how adding audio to still photographs improved the quality of storytelling, and about how the key words for teams producing multimedia stories are “communication” and “collaboration.”"The key is to pick the right story, one that makes the best audio story,” DeVigal said. “Ask yourself these questions: Are there strong characters? Is there a strong narrative? Is it artistic? Is there emotion? Are you taking a specific angle to tell the story from, rather than being an overview? Are the subjects ‘good talkers’? Sometimes the audio can be the driving force, the spine of the story, that’s independent from the images.”
DeVigal point out that resources for learning how to do multimedia are available on the Web, including at www.newsu.org.
“Start small!” he said. “And use the ethics with audio that you use in photography. Use only the audio that you gathered during the actual reporting process.”
vii multimedia
October 19, 2007
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 east or hip hop in Palestine, will make you realize what a tragic loss the world suffered from her recent death.
Chris
The geek in me MUST know
October 19, 2007
| 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.
MediaStorm creates a BarnStorm!
October 19, 2007
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 Cook, Jim Seida, Chad Stevens, Seth Gitner, Kainaz Amaria, Tim Klimowicz, Greg Harris, Miki Meek, Coburn Dukehart, Pauline Bartolone and Bob Croslin.
See the projects on the Eddie Adams Workshop site.
Learning without shoes!
October 19, 2007
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 in the world, and most importantly, make change within themselves. With Barefoot, growing and learning as an artist means growing and learning as an individual. Read more
Love in the First Person
October 18, 2007
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 was pregnant, they married and moved to Portland for Matt’s internship.
pictures by rob finch
October 17, 2007
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
Society of Newspaper Design, Boston
October 13, 2007
Sorry, I’ve been in Boston at SND, check out my video impression of my trip. More multimedia goodness on it’s way.
-r
Reporting for Duty
October 8, 2007
Photographer David Carson and Elie Gardner from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch just wrapped up a project about basic training that includes solid audio, video, photos, stories, etc. I was most impressed by the clean desing and interface.
I know we learned a lot working on it, and I hope others can learn from viewing it - whether it be about journalism, storytelling or basic training. -Elie Gardner
