The Northern Short Course in Photojournalism: March 13-15, 2008
Registration is now open, check it out.
Rape of a Nation by Marcus Bleasdale and MediaStorm
Rape of a Nation by Marcus Bleasdale The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated 5.4 million people have died since 1998. These deaths are byproducts of a collapsed healthcare system and a devastated economy. See the project at http://mediastorm.org/0022.htm [ratings]
Interested in new gear?
MMS member Kim Komenich put together some interesting notes from his visit to MacWorld last week. Gear heads will love it.
Great 8
Raleigh News and Observer’s resident bad asses Jason Arthurs, Shawn Rocco, Ethan Hyman and Travis Long all had a little something to do with the promo for their most ambitious multimedia project yet: 8 bands, 12 videos and a multimedia interface light years beyond anything they’ve ever tried to pull off. According to Arthurs, if [...]
Monumental Workshop
More than 70, photographers, multimedia journalists and picture editors, joined a faculty and staff from around the country in Danville, Ky to make the 2007 Mountain Workshop the largest in its 32-year history. And the results are fantastic, check it out. enjoy, -r
Ira Glass: Tips for better storytelling
I’ve blogged these before, but I was recently reminded of their power, by a very del.icio.us friend who goes by the name cophotog, who said, His four part series is the most important video about storytelling that you’ll watch in 2008. So true! Here is part one, and here’s a link to the rest on [...]
Damn the STAR! Just DAMN!
I have a new hero, Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk! I’m speechless and i think you’ll be too! Twenty days. Twenty thousand still images. A single message. Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk captures the issue of global warming in a video created entirely by using still images. [ratings]
The Aftermath Project
I came across this very important site that offers grants to working photographers worldwide covering the aftermath of conflict. The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives [...]
Not Just a Number
More props to Sean and Katy, who now work at the LATIMES, LAT is lucky to have these two passionate journalists and what a project! -r
Shining Bright, The Las Vegas Sun
I wish i could name the rest of the crew at the Sun that are responsible in anyway for the new website, because I love it, especially the multimedia section, way to go Zach! It’s a must see. -r