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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!
Innovative Individuals: Nancy Donaldson
If you watched “The Frontline of Mexico’s AIDS War” by the Washington Post in 2008, or enjoyed the “Choosing a President” presentation by The New York Times, you were watching the talented work of Nancy Donaldson. During her short career she has already produced a wealth of innovative multimedia projects from two of the most highly respected news organizations. As is evident from her inspirational work, it seemed clear that she deserved the title for this week’s Innovative Individual.
Washington Post launches interactive video and comments feature
The Washington Post recently launched an interactive video feature titled, “Scene In.” Produced with a Canon 5D Mark II by talented videographer Alexandra Garcia, this weekly fashion video package features a variety of innovative elements, including an interactive video control and an animated comments section.
Inside News Innovations at The Washington Post
In this week’s edition of II’s summer guest blogger series, Steven King takes us inside the News Innovation team at The Washington Post. He details recent projects of the “web ninjas,” and answers reader questions.
Post’s onBeing 2.0 and Times’ [LENS] blog launched
While I was away, two exciting projects launched: Washington Post updated their onBeing series with a new 3-D interface, and the New York Times introduced [LENS], a photojournalism and multimedia blog with horizontal scrolling. Both of them caught my eye initially because of their innovative interfaces, but held my interest because they will provide top-notch multimedia content from a variety of sources.
Interactive panoramas elevate storytelling efforts
The Washington Post launched an investigative multimedia package on Sunday about DeOnté Rawlings, a 14-year-old who was killed 19 months ago by off-duty police officers. Although the police officers were cleared of any wrong-doing, this in-depth report analyzes the case using a timeline, video, text article and interactive scene re-creation module. This interactive section impressed me most, with multiple panoramas synced to user interaction to unfold the events over time.
Why we should embrace citizen journalists
I understand the concern, but I never said nor think that journalists are being replaced by citizen journalists. We are trained to do our job professionally, with legit sources, ethical values and journalistic integrity. There will always be a place for journalists. However, I believe that instead of feeling threatened by citizen journalists, we should be embracing their eagerness to help tell the story, and facilitate this energy to produce exceptional packages.
NCAA Bball tourney sparks great interactivity across the country
I filled out my first NCAA bracket today (although I am only familiar with a handful of the teams) simply because it was exciting to “play” with the different interactives. I’m pretty sure I changed my mind on every bracket, but if you promise not to judge me (because I am completely biased towards my Heels), I will show you the five brackets I filled out and tell you what I appreciated most about each design.
Best of the Post 2008 offers endless inspiration for 2009
Happy 2009 everyone. I am slowly catching up from two weeks out of the country and another week without phones or internet, so bear with me. While I sift through my RSS feed and delicious links, make sure to spend some time with Washington Posts’ “Best of the Post 2008.” With 19 interactives featured, it’s a great excuse to delay doing work on a Monday morning. There always seems to be a few I missed during the past year, as well as the oldies but goodies.
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