"When most of us under a certain age think of newspapers, we think of dead trees fueling a dying business. Not so at the Washington Post. There, media is evolving to meet the demands of an increasingly digital-savvy consumer base who require information being presented in unique, digestible and shareable ways. At the helm of that effort is Wilson Andrews, the Post’s Information Designer."
"The Detroit Free Press is telling a fishy detective story with Intersect.
“It seemed perfect,” said Director of Digital Audience Development Stefanie Murray, who suggested that a Free Press reporting team use Intersect to chart their 13-day, seven-state effort to investigate the menacing northward invasion of Asian carp.
“One of the reasons we like Intersect is because it combines geolocation with live blogging and visuals,” Murray said. “Being able to put content against a map, and against a timeline, gives the news consumer more options.”"
"Kudos to The Crimson White, the University of Alabama’s daily student newspaper, for its comprehensive, real-time coverage of the tornado that tore through UA’s hometown Tuscaloosa two days ago and the death, destruction, and emotional devastation being grappled with in its aftermath."
Flash-based multimedia project by PTV Productions that guides viewers through the Haiti earthquake disaster from different viewpoints.
Multimedia project from group interested in how climate change would affect the state. Recommended by colleague Brian Poulter.
University of Minnesota research on digital storytellling. Might be a bit difficult to process, but worth the effort.
A video community service that allows you to set up a page for community members to post their videos, and also gather videos from other services through search. Free.
Adobe beta that lets you create a color palette for anything. Say bye-bye to the Color Index book. At least for now while it's free. Requires Flash 9 player.
The results from the first ever National Press Photographers Association mutlimedia contest. Check out the multimedia!
Colin Mulvaney's stories for the Spokesman-Review. Mulvaney was an early experimenter in newspaper videojournalism (or whatever you call it).
Multimedia storytelling site that looks to aggregate documentary online projects. Possible inspiration?
A San Jose Mercury-News multimedia package. The M-N package includes a five-part (!) story can be found <a href="http://tinyurl.com/sskyb">here</a>.
Andy Dickinson provides tips for ink-stained wretches who want to write for video.
Free (!) script-writing software that allows multimedia additions to the planning process.
Open-source media player that plays just about any type of media format (including FLV!) - Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
Andy Dickinson starts an ambitious project highlighting some of the ways newspapers are using video in the U.K. Worth a look to see how others are doing things.
Joe Weiss. You don't know who Joe Weiss is? Only the guy who created Soundslides - the blessing or bane (depending on who you talk to) for those wanting to do audio slideshows.
A Quicktime tutorial on Soundslides by Richard Hernandez at MutlimediaShooter.
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