Yearly Archives: 2007

NPPA multimedia contest PODCAST/republished

This is the RAW discussion that went on after finishing the judging today. After a week of watching this year's best multimedia, here are the judges impressions. This is worth the 90MB file and one hour of your time.  This is a great discussion with the brightest in the biz. Regina McCombs is a multimedia [...]

The Champ Reels Vlogs

One extreme pleasure about being here to judge the NPPA multimedia contest is meeting some really great new people, re-connecting with a few old ones and learning more than I ever expected. Fellow judge heather powazak champ has this great site with 10 seconds 'narratives' that are a great inspiration to me both visually and [...]

NPPA multimedia contest WINNERS!

Made you look! Now that I have your attention, it's time give the site a little update from Poynter, where the NPPA multimedia contest judging is taking place. If you're looking for results, wrong place. But,  if you're looking for a judges (mine) notes and impressions, and a quick tutorial on HOW TO WIN A [...]

What the Magnum?

Magnum Photos Invites Newspapers To Participate In 60th Anniversary Not multimedia, exactly, but an intersting idea, I wonder how many US newspapers will participate in this great idea. Wait! I just found this new post over a MagnumInMotion. Another eyebrow raiser called Women's Day. I LOVED it. I really love what they are doing. I [...]

Check out that Fox!

"Washington Post video journalist Travis Fox just got back from Darfur. And he brought back some great work. Let's watch and learn."     Crisis in Darfur Expands washingtonpost.com and a nice catch from reader Mike Moore. TnxsThursday Edition: Learning From an Expert in Online Video by Al Tompkins Poynter.org And while we're on the [...]

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Personal:  First, I am headed to Poynter this week to help judge NPPA's BOP/multimedia division. I'm honored and excited. I'll do my best to keep you posted about results and inspiration from the contest. I'm also hoping to record a few podcasts with the other judges, so stay tuned. Speaking of NPPA, You shouldn't miss [...]