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Best of II, August 2010
Whew! We made it to September. August was quite busy for us as we moved servers and upgraded our bilingual capabilities. The good news is that we now have a dedicated server to speed up page load times for you. Our bilingual capabilities have also improved so that all of the comments and sharing tools are specific for the language selected. Furthermore, we are able to translate more portions of the site so that almost the entire site can now be viewed in Spanish rather than just the posts.
Introducing new series: “Company Spotlight”
Many times I find myself blogging about either work done by individuals or work done by journalistic organizations. But what about all of the innovative work done by countless multimedia producers at places such as creative design agencies, 3D production studios and philanthropic storytelling ventures, just to name a few? You have probably wondered about these companies after seeing their work nominated for a Webby. Or, perhaps you are curious to learn what other career opportunities are possible in this field outside of news organizations. In order to help answer some of these questions, I have decided to intersperse a new semi-monthly series called “Company Spotlight” within the Friday series on “Innovative Individuals.” Both series will now run twice a month, with a goal to introduce you to both individuals and companies that are considered to be the movers and shakers in our industry.
Sorry II has been down … we are working on it!
Hi everyone! II is alive and well; we just had a few obstacles to overcome when changing servers and upgrading to the latest Wordpress version. Thanks for bearing with us throughout the past week! Hopefully a dedicated server will mean faster page loading times for you, so although the transition wasn’t perfect we are enthusiastic about the hopeful improvements that this move will bring about. All pages and posts should now be working again properly, but we still need to clean up the symbol errors and a few other bugs that popped up.
Best of II, June 2010
In June we happily welcomed Tim McLaughlin who will be blogging semi-monthly on topics related to multimedia journalism. I finished up my thesis for my MSIS degree and have already begun my MBA curriculum at Kenan-Flagler Business School. As I delve into Finance and Accounting during the day, I will continue to peruse the best of multimedia at night. And, now that I have a solid team of writers and editors, I am extremely excited for what lies ahead. I hope you are as well!
I am donating $50 to Chad A. Stevens’ documentary project “The Coal War” – will you?
If you haven’t noticed, I am quite passionate about multimedia storytelling. And when I meet people who are also passionate about multimedia and I see them working extremely hard to tell a great story, I want to support it. Therefore, I have decided to publicly support Chad A. Stevens’ documentary efforts “The Coal War” with a donation of $50. He has 25 days left to reach his fundraising goal of $13,125 or else he doesn’t receive any of the money. So, I am asking all of my readers to pitch in what you can and let’s make this story possible for a passionate storyteller. The way I see it – if the industry is crumbling down around us, why not maintain our passion by supporting one another?
Boyer publishes thesis findings analyzing retention and satisfaction of passive and interactive multimedia
I am thrilled to announce that I recently completed my master’s thesis for the Master’s of Science in Information Science portion of my MSIS/MBA dual degree at UNC Chapel Hill. Over the past eight months I read prior research, crafted a research proposal, and carried out a small-scale qualitative study analyzing twelve multimedia presentations. My aim was to determine whether or not there were significant differences in short-term retention rates and satisfaction levels between consumers of passive versus interactive multimedia. Although my data only suggested a slight difference in retention rates between the two, users reported noticeably higher satisfaction levels after viewing interactive presentations. I strongly believe my findings prove the need for a larger, more controlled study, so I decided to publish my study at MultimediaThesis.com for others to peruse and hopefully build upon.
II welcomes journalism contributor Tim McLaughlin
We are happy to announce our newest contributor, Tim McLaughlin, who will blog semimonthly about multimedia journalism. After writing two excellent guest blog posts for us, one about the iPad’s multimedia revolution and the other about educational multimedia resources, we knew Tim would be an excellent addition to the team. Tim will publish posts on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month on content pertaining specifically to the online journalism community. We have already brainstormed a great list of topics for upcoming posts, but always feel free to contact us with ideas that you would like to see covered!
Best of II, May 2010
As May quickly comes to an end, we are already revving up for an exciting June with announcements of two more contributors – more on that to come soon. We received some excellent feedback from our annual survey and we have already implemented many of your suggestions. As a funny side note: Half of you love our name and the other half can’t say the same – don’t worry, we also have a love-hate relationship with it!
II announces 2010 survey results and Amazon gift card winners
Thanks to everyone who filled out our recent survey. We learned a great deal about our readers and we have already taken actions to better cater towards your wants and needs! We strive for transparency here, so I have decided to publish the major results we found, along with the two randomly drawn winners in our Amazon gift card give-away!
Best of II, April 2010 (& exciting news!)
We have lots of exciting news to share here at II: Our traffic this month nearly doubled compared to last month, we are thrilled from the response so far of our recent survey, and we are proud to introduce our newest biweekly contributor to help us tackle the coverage of multimedia within the educational sector.
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