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Tom Kennedy speaks about his evolution as a visual journalist
Former managing editor for multimedia at The Washington Post Tom Kennedy recently gave a talk at The Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami. Thankfully, the talk was videotaped, and it was recently uploaded for your viewing pleasure. I only caught the last half when it was covered live last Wednesday, so I went back and watched the first half tonight. I highly recommend putting it on in the background while you answer your morning emails, or while you eat lunch. His thoughts on digital media are right on and his advice is not to be missed!
Multiple competition deadlines looming … enter now!
I hope everyone is aware of several competition deadlines that are fast approaching. I have listed five January deadlines here for your convenience (listed chronologically by deadline). Some are free, while others are cheap and there are competitions for both students and professionals. Please remember to submit your work – the results are only valid if the winners are chosen amongst a rich sampling of other work in our field! Best of luck to everyone and please let me know if there are any other upcoming deadlines we should be know about.
10 must-read blog posts to catch up from the holidays
Happy New Year everyone! If you are like me, you came back from the holidays five pounds heavier and well rested. However, after glimpsing at your overflowing RSS reader, you might also be a bit overwhelmed. When Google Reader says “1000+” new items (which was my case), you know you’re in trouble! Thus, while cleaning out my reader, I decided to share my favorite posts with you over the last three weeks that you may have missed. Furthermore, please share any great finds that I may have missed so I can start 2010 all caught up!
Adam Westbrook’s “10 trends in journalism in 2010″ video a must-see
British multimedia blogger Adam Westbrook just made my day with his entertaining and right-on predictions for journalism in 2010. For those in a rush, I included his 10 predictions here, but his video is really worth seeing in its entirety because he makes some excellent points regarding each prediction. Thanks for the inspiration Adam – it sounds like 2010 has a lot in store for new media journalists!
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.”
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.
Multimedia guru Gabriel Dance advises on how to present data on the Web
I apologize in advance, because what I am about to show you will take up an hour of your time. However, it is well worth it to carve out this time to listen to a recent speech by Gabriel Dance, senior multimedia producer at the New York Times. Speaking at The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Dance spends over an hour talking about how he got to where he is today, what tools he uses, the importance of usability, context and transparency, and much more. I have embedded all of the videos here for your convenience, so take some time during your coffee breaks and lunch hour to be inspired by one of the best in the field!
Advice from Alberto Cairo on animated infographics
In my quest to read everything related to multimedia and interactivity in preparation for my master’s thesis, I came across this excellent Q&A with UNC assistant professor Alberto Cairo titled, “Animated infographics and online storytelling: Words from the wise.” Although this interview was initially published in the Online Journalism Review in 2007, arguably all of his statements still hold true today. If you missed this article, make sure to read it now to get some great infographics inspiration from one of the best in the field.
Multimedia investment checklist
I have been reading oodles of research papers lately in preparation for my master’s project. One article in particular by Laura Ruel and Nora Paul caught my attention because it included a checklist at the end to determine whether or not it is worth investing in multimedia for a particular story. Included below is the checklist they created, as well as some of their findings from their 2007 DiSEL (Digital Story Effects Lab) study.
IJNET’s “Fundamentals of Multimedia Storytelling” series a must-read
I came across a great blog series today by Iranian journalist Omid Memarian on IJNET’s site about multimedia fundamentals. Thus far, he has three great posts defining multimedia, discussing the teamwork and multi-tasking requirements of multimedia, and planning a multimedia story. I have recapped some of his points here, but I encourage you to read them in their entirety, as well as keep an eye out for his latest post publishing in the near future.
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