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January 2008 - Posts

Monday, January 28, 2008 3:43 PM

What am I doing? Well let me tell you ...

I’m not the last person to start using Twitter - it just seems like it, as the micro-blogging, breaking-news information network just keeps growing. I joined Twitter several months ago, with Ryan Sholin's encouragement.  But I didn't
posted by RonSylvester | 4 Comments
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:38 PM

Politics at a click of a mouse

As we jump head-first into the pool of election season, I hope everyone takes note of a recent Pew Research Center study that suggests 24 percent of Americans regularly learn something about the presidential campaign from the Internet. http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=384
posted by KamalWallace | 3 Comments
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:10 PM

Who needs video?

Not the Indianapolis Star. When NFL rules stifled attempts to shoot video, photographers Matt Detrich, Matt Kryger, Sam Riche and Robert Scheer decided to make time-lapse audio slide shows using fast paced stills as animation.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:27 AM

Viva, Las Vegas

The online eyes in our newsroom today were ogling the Las Vegas Sun’s new multimedia site.Judging by discussion groups and bloggers, there was similar envy in newsrooms across the country. Look at the front page. There’s a variety of
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:05 AM

Recommended reading

Richard Koci Hernandez has written a book, Multimedia Journal. He compiles Multimedia Shooter: one of the first inspirations for me to begin exploring the possibilities of being a digital reporter.  He said his 60-page book evolved from a compilation
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Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:28 AM

Go all guerrilla on ‘em

My philosophy is get out there and get the job done.  Get the news and get in on-line.  And don't be afraid to shoot video. Don't let some accountant turned editor tell you it will break the newsroom budget.  It doesn't have
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Friday, January 11, 2008 3:32 AM

Ask for your 10 percent, or 20

Talk about workflow, Mindy McAdams has found an answer. Actually, she found BBC’s 10 percent answer, which came from Google's 20 percent solution Take 10-20 percent of your time and work on a project of your choosing.  This is
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:12 AM

Work must flow

We’ve had some fun, so far, diving into multimedia and online journalism.  But it hasn’t been easy.  We’ve spent hours of our own time learning the basics of audio and video to try to deepen our work. Now it’s time to put all
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:57 AM

No. 7: Make it a dialogue

For those who haven’t read Rob Curley’s article in The Journalist, you need to.  It will inspire you.  Those just getting into this new era of journalism, and there are many, can use the article as a barometer of just where they
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