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USA Today launches multimedia special marking five years since Hurricane Katrina
USA Today recently launched a site specifically designed for the iPad looking back on Katrina five years later. In it, they combined videos, panoramas, maps, interactive graphics, and more. With more than 20 people involved in the project, the end product is impressive to say the least.
Steen Steensen publishes portions of dissertation as a series on “the promises of new technology”
Steen Steensen, senior journalism lecturer at Oslo University College in Oslo, Norway, just wrapped up an excellent series over at his blog “new journalism/new media” about the impact of multimedia and technology. You may have also seen it cross published over at Online Journalism Blog. Either way, if you haven’t taken the time to read Steen’s analysis, I highly suggest you do so now. The content was pulled from his thoroughly researched dissertation “Back to the feature. Online journalism as innovation, transformation and practice” (which includes 24 pages of references!).
Innovative Individuals: Maisie Crow
I first learned of Maisie Crow after watching her exceptional piece about a boy with prader-willi syndrome titled “Hungry.” Within 24 hours of blogging about her story, an Argentinean man who has a 27-year-old daughter with the disease emailed me to say that by finding the story through my blog, it changed his life because he didn’t feel alone anymore. Talk about the power of the web and visual storytelling! Two years later, she already has an Emmy nomination under her belt. For Maisie’s clear talent in visual storytelling, we are happy to feature her as this week’s “Innovative Individual.”
Exploring Soul – Ohio University’s 2010 Soul of Athens
An impressive array of student-run multimedia projects have hit the internet in recent years and one of the most well-known is Ohio University’s Soul of Athens. Now in its fourth year, the 2010 iteration has recently been released and (II) asked me to take a look.
Innovative Individuals: Lauren Clifford-Holmes
With all of the flurry that came and went with the 2010 World Cup games, it made me wonder what technology South Africa offered in order to adequately document the games. Lauren Clifford-Holmes, multimedia editor of South Africa’s Mail & Guardian Online, pondered the same thing three years ago over at her old blog, The Soap Box. “What are the implications for those living on the poorer side of the ‘digital divide’?”, she questioned. Since then, she worked diligently with major digital news organizations throughout the country to prepare them for the games. In honor of her tireless efforts to introduce and promote multimedia storytelling in South Africa, we are happy to acknowledge her as this week’s “Innovative Individual.”
University of Miami students personify United Nations Millennium Development Goals in documentary project “My Story, My Goal”
In an effort to give voices to those targeted by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, executive producers Rich Beckman and Tom Kennedy sent 14 young journalists from the University of Miami around the world with a mission to encapsulate arguably the most complex and ambitious humanitarian feats of our lifetime. With only two weeks in the field to adequately document the situation, seven teams of two Miami storytellers partnered with students at partner universities to collaborate on the research, filming and translations of each story for the project “My Story, My Goal.” “This was a truly international cooperation of students of all ages coming together to tell what they as native citizens believed was an important story in their home country,” student Lauren Santa Cruz wrote me.
Innovative Individuals: Ehrin Macksey
I first learned of Ehrin Macksey when I saw his exceptional story about leprosy in Vietnam called “The Story of Bop.” For the past four years he has successfully raised awareness about multimedia storytelling throughout Vietnam by working for a multitude of clients doing documentary videography, editorial photography, and news reporting. We are pleased to recognize Ehrin as this week’s “Innovative Individual” for his talented work and clear passion for multimedia!
Job and internship opportunities, July 2010
This month we highlight 20 new multimedia opportunities that we came across in our monthly perusal of job boards. Two are internships; one is part-time; the rest are full-time. And, just as a side note, Bean Interactive won this month with the most creative job ad, ending “If you made it this far and are thinking, ‘I am so perfect for this job they might as well have called it “[YOUR NAME HERE]’s New Job” in the listing,’ then we want to hear from you.” Love it!
Innovative Individuals: Simon Sticker
If you are keeping track of all of the talented storytellers out there who are quickly filling the niche to produce visual content for non-profit organizations, you need to add one more name to your list. Simon Sticker is a Danish multimedia producer who is clearly passionate about multimedia storytelling. Instead of trying to speak on his behalf, I want to direct you to his short personal statement that he produced, aptly named “Why I do what I do:”
Innovative Individuals: Gustavo Sierra
When professionals think about inspirational multimedia work coming out of South America, the work of producers at El Clarín in Buenos Aires, Argentina, frequently come to mind. We have been tracking their work for awhile now, and are especially impressed with the work of Gustavo Sierra, Clarín.com’s international news editor, tv host, war correspondent, and published author. His professional history is quite impressive to say the least: “He was a member of the team that initiated service of CNN en Español in Atlanta; White House correspondent for NBC-Canal de Noticias and CBS-Telenoticias; correspondent in Chile and Argentina for Univision—the first Hispanic U.S. television network; and editor of the Latin American service of the Associated Press in New York.” For this very reason, he was recognized as the 2008 Maria Moors Cabot Prize winner, the oldest international prizes in journalism. And, today we are happy to recognize him as this week’s “Innovative Individual.”
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