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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:25 PM

Super ideas to save election coverage

Elections are coming up. Before you snore through another meeting about elections, read what Jack Lail and Scott Karp wrote about link journalism in the Neiman Reports, now online. Some newsrooms still are living in old school molds of
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:00 AM

Your neighborhood news web site

The Palm Beach Post wants to deliver news to the neighborhoods.  I’m not talking about those old “Neighbors” sections that languished and failed so miserably in our print editions. I’m talking about Backyard Post. It took
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Friday, March 14, 2008 11:58 AM

Newsflash: A reporter brings back compelling video without eating up her day

Lisa Fernandez of the Mercury News recently blogged on News Videographer about a video she produced to illustrate a story she reported about a toddler who died in a pond.  Fernandez’s video is a great example of what reporters can do
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Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:31 AM

Hot links

After a busy week of deadlines, I'm using the weekend to catch up on some reading: Comedy is easy.  Audio is hard.  Cyndy Green keeps sound in synch by giving good advice on which microphones are best.Mindy McAdams
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:39 AM

Class Act

If you want to revive your enthusiasm for the future of journalism, spend an hour in a college J-class. Not only have I met some really brilliant students online through social networking and SPJ, the occasional invite to speak to a class
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Monday, February 25, 2008 2:52 AM

Cool stuff

I’ve arisen from the sick bed, gone back to work and excited about the the multimedia finds this week in my RSS reader.  Three notable links: First, repeat after me: "Data can be cool." Say it together now … User Interface Engineering
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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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Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:28 PM

The sound and the story

One exciting part of the growing technology in multimedia is finding new ways to tell stories. My friend Jaime Oppenheimer put together this video last week from the Kansas State Fair, composed entirely of natural sound. Besides
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:39 PM

Wicked, cool awesom video

If you haven't checked out the "On Being" series at the Washington Post, it's a very cool project. And this one in particular is one you should watch: Of course, I'm biased. Jessica is my stepdaughter. I had nothing to do with any of this, except
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Thursday, June 07, 2007 5:26 PM

"The Pulitzers are history"

From Salon, that was our favorite acceptance speech from the 11th Annual Webby AwardsAll speeches are limited to five words. I’ve always thought that we should compare oursevles to the best. I’m always looking to see who's excelling in what
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