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Critiquing the digital presence of Doctors Without Borders USA – a serious website for serious work
The relatively young but venerable humanitarian assistance organization Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres as it is originally known, has a pretty serious-looking website. Not that anyone questions the nature of the work of this organization.I wanted to take a look at the U.S. website for MSF, including their use of interactive technology, and thus get a feel for the organization as though it was my first introduction, then invite you to look at the websites for other MSF country members – I think it is interesting how both the ‘look’ of the U.S. website and their use of technology reflects something of a tailored brand for this audience. I’ll say right up front that to my mind the U.S. website carries a tone of ‘journalistic solemnity’ that reaches even further than MSF’s associated websites in other countries.
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!
“Finding the Frame” offers honest critiques of multimedia projects by peers
Colin Mulvany, photographer at The Spokesman-Review and blogger at Mastering Multimedia recently launched the peer review site “Finding the Frame” after realizing the need for honest evaluation of multimedia work. Produced by Brian Immel, the site provides an easy-to-use — albeit extremely public — forum to give and receive professional feedback.
Analysis on 2009 SSND multimedia entries and winners
SSND multimedia winners were announced today with winners in four categories: Best Overall College Newspaper Web Site, Best mini-site/special section of a Web site, Best interactive infographic, and Best multimedia slideshow. I was honored to be one of three judges, along with Journerdism’s Will Sullivan and graphic artist William Neff. Some of our comments have also been posted on the SSND blog, but I would like to highlight some entries in particular to discuss specifics in content, structure and quality.
Raleigh N&O’s probation series a missed opportunity
Raleigh News & Observer is rolling out a three-part series this week on the crippled probation system in North Carolina that garnered intense scrutiny after the devastating murder of UNC’s student body president Eve Carson. They have the content, the interest, and the long shelf life. So why didn’t they invest in multimedia?
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