Van Mon: The Forgotten Existence Ehrin Macksey presents an 8 month project from Vietnam. Once you arrive at the site, click the ‘Films’ navagation tab and choose the ‘Bop’ story, by far the best piece, stunning visuals and great ambient throughtout this piece. [ratings]

Sole Man For almost 50 years, David Comeger has provided the polishing touch for New Orleanians’ footwear. By Jennifer Zdon/NOLA

Canon 40D hacked to record movies Canon 40D hacked to record movies – Hack a Day.

BBC Good Shooting Guide Do you need to shoot a sequence and are not quite sure where to start? Have you shot unusable material and are not sure why? Learn from experienced journalists and use tools & guides to help you on your next shoot.

A great new site worth your time! From their About page: We’re impudent, we’re plugged-in, and we’re staying anonymous. We’re three photographers who believe in creating a greater corporate news demand for online photojournalism. Currently, news sites often give lousy play to multimedia projects. Lousy play means fewer web clicks. And fewer clicks means that [...]

And it feels oh so good! I know you have all been following the crazyness at Laforet’s Blog over this new camera, well let me tell you, it’s ALL TRUE! We have just turned a HUGE corner in visual story telling tools!

Oh, come on, it’s my blog, and I won an Emmy! Riding the coat tails of the best visual journalist in the world, Dai Sugano and the best editor around, Geri Migielicz, that’s me on the left.   News and Documentary Emmy Award Winners were announced September 22, 2008 in New York. Here’s a link [...]

For almost a decade, the multimedia bootcamp workshops at the University of North Carolina provided one of the main training sites for hundreds of professional journalists seeking to understand new storytelling tools and techniques and to gain hands-on training. 

You won’t see a better documentary that proves the idea that it’s about the story and characters, not about what camera you use or where you hold the microphone. That said, you also won’t see a more poorly filmed documentary in your life. It’s bad, very bad. You can see the filmmaker holding the mic [...]

Yes, I am in the process of pumping out some new, fresh mms tuts and podcasts, but in the meantime, have a look at some introductory tuts from KDMC, some of the best I’ve seen on the web for journalists pondering this ‘multimedia’ stuff. From map mash ups to Flash templates. Have a look around [...]

A reputable French magazine, Chasseur d’images, that brought you an ad leak on Leica 50mm F0.95 Noctilux has an interesting post on their website involving the year most anticipated digital camera – Canon EOS 5D mark II. Just a few more days and we’ll see. I have my fingers crossed! Stay tuned for more details…Link [...]

Vewd is a documentary photography magazine that aims to continue the tradition of storytelling through an ever evolving visual medium. Launched in early 2008, Vewd is committed to bringing to the forefront versatile essays from up and coming but largely unknown photographers throughout the world. The photographs on Vewd and their accompanying stories show the [...]

A Georgian Diary Thomas Dworzak The Russians invaded Georgia on August 8th, while George W. Bush was in Beijing attending the Olympics. Twenty days passed and Barack Obama was officially named the Democratic Party candidate for the 2008 presidential run. In the meantime, the escalating harsh conflict in Georgia left Europeans and Americans aghast. [ratings]

Magnum In Motion Workshop New York October 20-24, 2008 New York, NY Advanced Multimedia Storytelling from the Storyboard to the Published Essay “Photojournalism is the process of collecting visual information and disseminating that information with a layer of contextualization.” -Siggraph 2008

Tried-and-true principles to guide you in the edit suite ProVideo Coalition.com: FRESHDV by Matthew Jeppsen & Kendal Miller.