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Estudiantes de la Universidad de Miami personifican Las Metas de Desarrollo para el Milenio de las Naciones Unidas en el proyecto “Mi Historia, Mi Objetivo”
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.
Jenn Ackerman y Tim Gruber aconsejan a los fotógrafos aprender sobre el negocio tras la fotografía.
Husband and wife team Jenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber came to UNC Tuesday to speak at PhotoNight LVII. I first learned of their work several years ago when I saw Jenn’s award-winning story “Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons,” and I’ve been eager to hear more about their work ever since.
Periodistas franceses documentan a parisinos en “The Everyday Walk of Fame”
I recently got an email pointing me to “The Everyday Walk of Fame,” a site produced by French journalists Olivier Lambert and Thomas Salva who are documenting extraordinary stories about ordinary people in Paris. I am happy to see this initiative, and I hope you take a minute to check out their work and provide helpful feedback. They mentioned the need for all types of support – moral, technical, and financial – and I think we should all be willing to help those who are willing to go out on their own and continue to tell stories and produce compelling multimedia despite what may be going on in their professional careers.
Individuos Innovadores: Evelio Contreras
Video storytelling is normally a skill that takes months if not years of practice to master. However, Evelio Contreras conquered it the first day he picked up a video camera to cover the Virginia Tech shootings. He is a natural when it comes to videography, and I can attest to his talent after working with him for a year at The Roanoke Times. Regardless if he was producing webcasts, feature vignettes or news videos, he always made a point to add a creative element into his stories. For this reason, I am happy to feature him as this week’s “Innovative Individual.”
Phil Daquila produce tesis, “Los Improvisadores”
2009 UNC master’s graduate Phil Daquila recently launched his thesis, “The Improvisers.” In it, he beautifully documents how people improvise in all aspects of life, from the extracurricular activities of dance and music, to the life-altering decisions made in our professions. Notice how all aspects of this site are carefully designed, from the typography in the videos to the site header. All together, there are seven videos documenting everything from firefighters improvising while putting out fires, to musicians improvising on stage.
Oxfam personifica el cambio climático con documental interactivo
Oxfam International recently launched an interactive site in conjunction with The Guardian’s coverage leading up to the Copenhagen Summit next month. “Gabura, from daily life to disaster” documents the deadly cyclone that hit Bangladesh in May, and allows the viewer to watch footage before and after the storm hit. While the navigation hardly does the site justice, the storytelling is captivating and well worth your time.
Abu Dhabi journalists launch water documentary site
I have been meaning to highlight “The Watershed,” a recent package by producers at Abu Dhabi’s English newspaper, The National. I wasn’t the only one who enjoyed this series because NPPA just awarded this multimedia package first place in the last month’s monthly multimedia competition.
John Adkisson excels at visual storytelling
Last night at Photo Night LI, UNC student John W. Adkisson showed a video he produced as an intern at The Roanoke Times this past summer. Being a former employee there, I was surprised that I had not previously seen this piece, nor seen John’s work. Named a semi-finalist in the 2007-2008 national Hearst competition, this guy is definitely one worth watching.
How to recreate past events with multimedia
Two recent packages have made me think about the difficulties in telling stories by recreating the past. In The Washington Posts’ recent series “Fatal Flights” that I blogged about yesterday, producer Akira Hakuta combined a multitude of elements to recreate a helicoper crash from a year ago. In The St. Petersburg Times’ recent package “The Golden Hour,” Joseph Garnett Jr., Maurice Rivenbark and Jack Rowland combined interviews with broadcast news footage to recreate a car crash from four months ago. Both are unique in their final product, but both also prove how difficult it can be to successfully tell a story that wasn’t fully captured in the present.
ESPN excels in documentary videography
Even though The Journey of Richard Jensen is almost a year old, I still watch it every time I need video inspiration. Everything about this story is stellar – the storyline, the edits, the videography … My advice to you: look no further than ESPN for excellence in video journalism.
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