The awesome series “Inside the Surge” by Chicago Tribune shooters Tom Van Dyke and Kuni Takahashi is coming to an abrupt end after three parts when the military pulled the plug on their embed in Iraq. They’ve been covering Bonecrusher Troop, 3rd Platoon in a continuing series as they were deployed to Iraq. In the [...]
Nawlz is an experiment in interactive story-telling. This is not everybody’s cup of tea but important to experience, because I think there is a lot to learn from this kind of interactive story-telling. Yes this is a nod to my love of graphic novels, but none-the-less important move in the future of the story. enjoy, [...]
The Virginian-Pilot’s Rich-Joseph Facun gives us, The Peace of Dawn, a quiet and moving piece. A shining example of journalism for the web. It’s beautifully photographed, with strong audio moments. Well Done. enjoy, -r [ratings]
The True Story of Youth Culture in America, It’s a book and an online experience. A must see. One Hundred Young Americans is the first book to paint the full picture of youth culture in America today. Gorgeously photographed and meticulously researched, this year-long project represents photographer Michael Franzini’s 30,000-mile journey in search of what [...]
Justin Mott, a photojournalist from San Francisco working in Hanoi, and multimedia producer Laura Lo Forti published this piece on Newsweek.com. I love how the ambient sound really transports me to the scene. Well Done. enjoy -r [ratings]
Thanks to Elliot Smith, Multimedia Producer @ Guardian Unlimited for pointing us to this solid piece about the Greenham Common Protests 25 years later. Enjoy the human emotion and strong production values. -r [ratings]
Last May, photographer Jonathan Harris spent 9 days living with a family of Inupiat Eskimos in Barrow, Alaska, joining them as they prepared for and then went on a traditional whale hunt. And in one of the coolest uses of Flash I’ve seen in a long time, Harris decided to document and present his work [...]
The Ninth Floor is a powerful and important story that follows the lives and loves of heroin addicts in New York City. The photos by Jessica Dimmock are remarkable and the production from MediaStorm is outstanding. Chris
The News & Observer in Raleigh produced this outstanding piece, the best I’ve seen in a long time. This is what you get wen you give a still photographer a video camera for the first time. YES, this was Shawn Rocco’s first video piece according to fellow photojournalist Scott Sharpe. It works on so many [...]
As usual, there have been several notable photo, video and other multimedia projects coming from the Washington Post lately, so here are links to a few of my favorites Left of Boom is a fantastic in-depth look at roadside bombs in Iraq and the U.S. military’s struggle to defeat them. One School’s Struggles is an [...]