I was very fortunate to be able to spend a week working with the Interactive News Technology Team at The New York Times June 22-26. I had met Aron Pilhofer, the editor of the group, at a couple of events in 2008, and he kindly visited our school in February for a research symposium. I […]
Some are old, some new – but all tell it like it is. The sooner we come to grips with these things, the better. Getting Past Newspapers’ Past – Jeff Jarvis – 10 things newspapers aren’t. The key here is “Newspapers are no longer magnets that will draw people in.” This is why they’ll never […]
Today in my Web Design class, we were very fortunate to have a Skype visit from members of the Wilmington Star-News (@starnewsonline) team. Judy Royal (@judyroyal), Shannan Bowen (@shanbow) and Jim Ware (@jimware) talked about their roles in the newsroom, use of social media and multimedia and the future of journalism. They provided excellent advice […]
I’ll be doing a couple of presentations at Indiana University this week, visiting with my friend Dr. Mike Conway. I’ll be speaking in his Vis Comm lecture about Multimedia Journalism and here are some of the links I will be addressing (so I can easily access during my pres). Marathon Stories A People Torn, Minneapolis […]
Just a quick post to let you know about some exciting things coming up. Tomorrow is the big day. That’s when SXSW starts. The Interactive begins on Friday, switches over to Music next Wed, Film goes on the entire time. I, along with my graduate students, will be blogging during the Interactive at www.sxtxstate.com or […]
Sorry I haven’t posted out here in a while. I’ve been pretty busy. Last week, we had a special presentation from Aron Pilhofer of The New York Times Interactive News Technologies team. You can read the story about his talk and watch the video on the TX State SJMC Web Site. Here are some additional […]
Texas State University was selected as the site for the American Press Institute’s Visual Journalism Workshop. Over 60 students, faculty and professionals attended this session that covered visual strategies for both print and Web. Great discussion was held around the topics and there was much enthusiasm about the importance of visual storytelling. Check out the […]