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NOVEMBER 25, 2009 11:59AM

Multimedia Training for Freelance Journalists - Bursaries

I have posted before about how much more progressive the UK has been in its adoption and development of multimedia journalism, and today found another example.

Whether through examples like the Guardian’s new media content, the way that UK-based media outlets have embraced the reciprocal

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009 10:17AM

Recommended: William Hoffman’s anyoneeverything Site

So much of the emerging wired world (and web!) is so highly designed that we sometimes lose sight of the substance in all that style.

This morning, I spent some quality time on Multimedia Shooter and was directed to the short films of William Hoffman. His work is a revelation… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009 1:27PM

Lest We Forget - WWII Slideshow

Like a great many Canadians, I am deeply effected by Remembrance Day. Like millions of others, my family was touched, turned and torn by WWII, and in some ways the vivid memories of what my parents saw have been passed on to me and altered how

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:36PM

Looking 5 Years into the Future of Journalism

When speaking about the future, it seems that 5 years is the most popular milestone for people. Not far enough off to suggest silver hover-cars and jet packs, yet distant enough that we’ll accept some fantastic possibilities (especially if we consider Moore’s Law and it’s rate of ac… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009 11:12PM

Review: Anderson Cooper's Dispatches from the Edge

On a recent trip I picked up Anderson Cooper’s memoir, Dispatches from the Edge, and read it on a long flight home. Equal parts “war stories” (ie: tales from the field that journalists share with each other over drinks) and autobiography, Cooper does an excellent job of giving conte… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 15, 2009 11:59AM

This Just In - And Reported On Your Tablet

On a quiet news day, if you focus and listen carefully - over the noise barrage from 24hr news services, the hand-wringing sounds of millions of journalists decrying their lot, and the scratching of next-gen journalists at the doors of mainstream media - you can

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OCTOBER 13, 2009 3:05PM

The Top 5 Multimedia Journalism Websites

When I began keeping blogs on evolving multimedia journalism, I felt truly lost in a sea of websites. Sure, I found a few sites that carried some multimedia journalism, but the pieces they carried usually felt like afterthoughts to text or video-only coverage. Adding to the confusion, different journ… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 12:36PM

Euro Journalists Train Themselves

Probably a surprise to no one, but a study cited today in Journalism.co.uk states that European Journalists are producing more original content online, but have mostly self-taught themselves the relevant skills to do so.

Fully 67% of those journalists polled from the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Hol… Read full post »

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 1:35PM

Magazines 2.0 - Flyp Media Presents an Example

A little over a week ago, PBS’s MediaShift website carried an interview with Jim Gaines, who is part of the team behind Flyp Media - one of the few, truly online magazines that I’ve encountered (ie: a ‘magazine’ allowing consumers to interact with a story in

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 1:32PM

Adam Westbrook's 6x6 Series for Multimedia Journalists

I first found Adam Westbrook’s advice for multimedia journalists through the (awesome) Innovative Interactivity site, where he was posting about free tools available for multimedia journos.

A couple of days ago, I found a link on duckrabbit about Adam’s newest creation, a six part series… Read full post »

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AUGUST 7, 2009 12:11PM

The Future of Journalism - Potential Business Models

The Future of Journalism - it’s a phrase that should come with onomatopoeic sound effects (preferably something like “Whooosh!” rather than “Plop!”), as it implies a bold future full of cutting edge techniques and narratives.

The reality is that despite the concerted eff… Read full post »

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AUGUST 6, 2009 11:20AM

Audio Slideshows from the Conflict in Afghanistan

This morning I thought I would post about some audio slideshows from the International mission in Afghanistan.

For Canadians, this conflict is our largest since World War Two. For other nations, such as the US and UK, Afghanistan often receives less coverage than the bloodier

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AUGUST 3, 2009 2:08PM

Where Journalism Is Going & Why There Should Be Optimism

An interesting article by Katharine Mieszkowski for the Future of Journalism blog on Open Salon ponders what would happen if the top journalists for the New York Times left to form their own news outfit.

The idea is spawned by the idea that these writers carry niche / brand cachet that… Read full post »

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JULY 20, 2009 5:45PM

Italian Bloggers Go On Strike Against Proposed Law

Italian bloggers are striking in order to challenge a newly proposed law that would hold all bloggers financially liable for “offensive” comments in their posts, according to Global Post.

The law, dubbed the Alfano Proposal (after the Italian Minister of Justice, Angelino Alfano), would r… Read full post »

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JULY 17, 2009 7:06PM

Altered News - When Is Photo Manipulation Acceptable?

Over the last several months I’ve been reading a lot of books about professional journalism, and the many-pronged battle that journalists and media outlets are fighting in the current media climate. Primarily due to several instances of fabricated news, the public’s trust of journalists,… Read full post »

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