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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.
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.
The importance of professional organizations in our industry
With tight budgets these days, memberships to professional organizations might be the first to get the boot. However, I would argue that these organizations are one of the only things keeping us going in these hard times. Think about it: where else do passionate members congregate at annual meetings to better their craft, and dedicated volunteers organize and judge competitions to highlight exceptional work?
The importance of clean audio in multimedia presentations
After reading Colin Mulvany’s post on his disappointment over low-quality entries in this month’s NPPA multimedia contest, I looked through the winners and was puzzled that “A Look Back” by St. Pete Times got third for multimedia storytelling. Don’t get me wrong, the concept of four photographers looking back on their experience documenting the 2008 election is wonderful, but the audio was very poor on my machine. This brings up a good point that I think it important for all II readers: clean, crisp audio is a MUST for successful audio slide shows.
The importance of multimedia competitions within our industry
Barb Palser, director of digital media at McGraw-Hill Broadcasting, wrote a reflective article in this month’s edition of “American Journalism Review” on her experience judging the 2008 SNDies multimedia competition at UNC in August. Palser wrote, “In this contest alone, dozens of entries stood out for their design quality, user engagement, news value and appropriate choice of media for the information being conveyed.” I completely agree that we are seeing a high level of innovation in multimedia competitions across the board. So, why does this matter and how does it affect you?
NPPA sets bar high for first multimedia competition of 2009
NPPA announced their winners for January’s multimedia contest, and I was excited to see two projects listed that I had not previously seen. If you have some extra time, make sure to check out “The Rites of Life” by The News & Advance and “Testing grounds” by St. Pete Times : two nicely designed and thorough multimedia presentations.
Roanoke.com’s Hellgate interactive placed 2nd in BOP 2008
I am happy to announce that the Hellgate interactive that I led and produced here at The Roanoke Times garnered 2nd place for best multimedia package in the 2008 BOP awards! The judge’s comments were quite harsh, but I agree that overall a lot of multimedia packages could be more complete and it will help [...]
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