It’s that exciting time of year when you get the chance to vote on all the great ideas that will be part of the SXSW conference in March. Visit the Panel Picker site, sign in (very simple, just need email and password) and vote via the thumbs (up or down). You can leave comments, ask […]
I’ll be talking to the UT ASNE High School Journalism Advisers on Monday about incorporating multimedia in their programs. Here are some examples I will show. Marathon Stories A People Torn, Minneapolis Star Tribune Ivory Wars, National Geographic – watch video on left from around 5:14 through the segment with the animated graphic; sometimes a […]
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 […]
