On the road AGAIN!

One of the down-sides to this site is that you have to sit through my home movies. Well, here’s another one, based on my trip to the University of Missouri to judge CPOY [display_podcast]

The Raw File

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Award winning photographer and multimedia producer Brenda Ann Kenneally’s new publication, “The Raw File” already has one powerful multimedia story on it, and the site will certainly become a home for important and inspiring multimedia projects. The Raw File was inspired by the need to provide open ended means of publication for long term documentary [...]

CPOY multimedia winners

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Congrats to all the winners. I was honored to be a judge and inspired by all the work we viewed over an entire week. Keep up the good work and do yourself a favor and listen to the podcasts. These will let you know why we picked what we picked. enjoy -r

The Marlboro Marine

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When Los Angeles Times Photogapher Luis Sinco made this picture of James Blake Miller smoking a cigarette during the battle of Fallujah, the photo and Miller became instant icons of the Iraq War. Now, in an outstanding multimedia piece, Sinco has followed up on the post-war life of Miller. The work, produced by Sinco in [...]

A New Dawn

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Lexington Herald-Leader journalist David Stephenson’s collection of audio slideshows titled “A New Dawn” follows Dawn Nicole Smith’s struggle with addiction and puts a human face on a very important story. Many of us know someone touched by addiction, whether to drugs or alcohol. But what we don’t understand – unless we’re living with the person [...]

Do YOU have a pulse?

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An introduction and a plea for help. I’d lke to introduce a new addition to the MS staff, Chris Jordan. You’ve already seen a few posts from him and I think he’s got a good grasp on what’s going on in the world of multimedia journalism. I’m also looking for other contributors. I’m ready to [...]

getting waterboarded

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Current TV journalist Kaj Larsen investigates (and subjects himself to) the practice of waterboarding, an interrogation technique allegedly used by the U.S. government. While the video quality is not that high, this is a thought-provoking use of first-person journalism that pushes an often talked about subject out of the shadows and into the court of [...]