Multimedia
ONADC/Hacks & Hackers meetup tonight: NYT’s Derek Willis on journalism + data + coding and walking through Toxic Waters
For this month’s joint ONADC/Hacks & Hackers meetup, Derek Willis of The New York Times interactive news technology team will discuss data + coding + journalism and walk through the award-winning Toxic Waters project. You can watch live (archived video player embedded below) or follow along the Twitter by searching ONADC. If you’re in town, there are still [...]
Rethinking our Thinking
As someone who started out as a primarily “print” reporter, my mindset — and, more specifically, my thinking — as a journalist continues to evolve after nearly eight years in the field, starting as a high school sophomore. Computational Thinking visualized by Carnegie Mellon using Wordle. (Creative Commons) That made me wonder on Twitter: How [...]
Videojournalism brain dump: Some advice I’ve picked up over the past few years
Poynter College Fellows win again, this time on video. Seriously, that e-mail group is inspiring me. And, yes, I was asked directly. I don’t just randomly spout off like this. Ok, not THIS much. Thanks #pcf09 kids. This is in response to a request for advice on teaching a video workshop for high school journalists [...]
Dallas Morning News mid-internship recap and John F. Kennedy project introduction
I can’t believe my Dallas Morning News internship is more than half over. It’s been great so far, specifically because of the freedom and opportunities I’ve been afforded. Here’s are some highlights so far (Update: now with links!): Working on a newsroom social media strategy, best practices and how-to guide with Travis Hudson (more on [...]
Announcing the beta launch of Multimedia Standards
After some teasing on Twitter (with the recently neglected #multimediastandards hashtag), we’re now ready to announce the beta launch of Multimedia Standards! The site was created by 13 undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Miami as part of Rich Beckman‘s spring 2009 Seminar in Visual Storytelling class. It’s built on WordPress using a [...]
