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Archive for 30 November 2009
Best of Innovative Interactivity, November 2009
Thanks for a great month everyone. Make sure to fan our new Facebook page to get continual updates on job openings, multimedia events, and other interesting links we come across. Our new series, Innovative Individuals, has been a great addition to the blog as we continually receive nominations of deserving professionals. Keep them coming and please continue to spread the word about II!
Rich Beckman discusses multimedia in recent videos, podcast
Rich Beckman, Knight Chair of Visual Journalism at the School of Communication at the University of Miami, recently participated in three speaking engagements: one on ‘the state of college media online’ for College Media Lab, another titled “Y Tweets R Important,” and one on his new World Cities Project. Rich has always been known for his international, student-led multimedia projects. I was lucky enough to study under him while at UNC, and I highly recommend spending some time listening to his thoughts on multimedia. As he says, “multimedia is such a powerful tool that affects people greater than any other media had.”
Innovative Individuals: Nancy Donaldson
If you watched “The Frontline of Mexico’s AIDS War” by the Washington Post in 2008, or enjoyed the “Choosing a President” presentation by The New York Times, you were watching the talented work of Nancy Donaldson. During her short career she has already produced a wealth of innovative multimedia projects from two of the most highly respected news organizations. As is evident from her inspirational work, it seemed clear that she deserved the title for this week’s Innovative Individual.
Join us on our new Facebook page!
My Spanish editor Andrea has been working hard providing II content in Spanish for our growing Hispanic community. Now, I am thrilled to announce that she also unofficially took on the role of social media editor and created an invaluable resource for II readers on Facebook. A little less than a year ago, I created a group on Facebook. However, due to limitations on the site, there was no way to easily aggregate my multiple feeds, nor update you with new content on the group’s page. By moving to a page, we now have the ability to quickly alert you of job opportunities, training sessions, latest blog posts and tweets, and much more.
Clarín documents Argentinian hardship in “En la tierra del Diego”
Clarín, one of the largest Argentinian newspapers, launched a multimedia package today in conjunction with a print series detailing the financial turmoil of people throughout the country. What began as a slow deterioration from the 1976 military dictatorship severely worsened in the last two decades from an unprecedented economic and social recession. Three Columbia University graduate students worked with Clarín producers over the summer to document the personal hardship that many face on a day-to-day basis. The result is “En la tierra del Diego” (In the land of Diego) a well-produced series of videos and accompanying blog explaining the issues and providing potential solutions.
15 multimedia training opportunities for 2010
It’s that time of year again! Get out your 2010 calendars and make sure you sign up for one or more training sessions as a part of your continued education. I have highlighted 15 here that I highly recommend, as well as provided a list of training sites for you to bookmark for future reference.
MSNBC interactive editor Vu Nguyen discusses stimulus tracker
I was pleasantly surprised to see Vu Nguyen’s blog “BiofusionDesign” come back alive recently with several posts about his latest mapping projects at MSNBC. The best part about it is that he discusses what tools he used for specific projects, and other “behind the scenes” information. If graphics interest you, I would highly suggest checking out Vu’s site for inspirational projects, insights and tips about the field.
Innovative Individuals: Jeff Achen
Jeff Achen could have been selected for this week’s innovative individual for his entrepreneurial multimedia skills that he utilized starting a budding videography and photography business. Or, possibly his role as online editor for the community site ThisWeekLive.com garnered him the nomination. Last but not least, it could have been his role on the Digital Media Committee for the Society of Professional Journalists, where he blogs for Net Worked, helping to provide “informative and instructional training on how to use digital media to make your reporting more interactive.” Taken all together, it was evident that Jeff was an obvious choice for this recognition.
Multimedia Round Table | Scientific American’s “Powering a Green Planet”
It’s time to dust off those round table discussions so II readers can voice their opinions on the latest use of FLPY, the online multimedia magazine, as seen in Scientific American’s latest package “Powering a Green Planet.” Take five minutes to look through the nine “pages” in this package and think about the layout of content. Do you like the flipping animation imitating how one would flip a page in a book? Were the graphics effective in explaining energy conservation issues? Take a stand one way or the other and let’s start this month’s round table discussion!
CPOY judges review multimedia winners
College Photographer of the Year 2009 winners were announced last week, and the judges did a great job carefully selecting the winners amongst a large crop of entries. According to the CPOY site, there were 226 multimedia projects entered for consideration. Arguably more interesting than the winner’s list, however, were the video screencasts of the judges discussing the semi-finalists in each round.
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