June 5th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
I’m off to Vegas today for a week of non-stop multimedia fun at the NPPA conference in Las Vegas. I am one of 25 coaches for a Multimedia Immersion workshop. The other coaches are some of the top multimedia minds in the country. Vegas hasn’t seen this much talent in one room since the Rat [...]
June 4th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
Tonight is game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals series between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins and some of the video guys from the Detroit Free Press have put together a couple of fun videos during their visit to the ‘Burgh.
Speaking Pittsburghese – Free Press reporter Ben Schmitt learns the language of [...]
June 2nd, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
The Associated Press has officially launched its database of Guantanamo Bay detainees today. The flash interactive features a sortable database, an estimated timeline of Gitmo populations, chart based on country of origin, and information pages for most of the detainees.
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May 19th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
The opening line to this post on, Lens, the NY Times’ new photo / video / multimedia blog is spot on in setting up this audio slideshow about Harlem.
Perhaps the most meaningful assignments for photojournalists are the ones they give themselves.
You can definitely tell the photographer had an intimate relationship with the neighborhood he covered [...]
May 19th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | 1 Comment
Recently exchanged emails with radio reporter for Bauer media, Adam Westbrook, about his ambitious multimedia side-project oneweekinIraq.net.
He recounts a lot of his approach at Tracy Boyer’s Innovative Interactivity. Essentially, Adam was assigned to go to Iraq for a week to do radio reports on the final days of the deployment for British forces based in [...]
May 12th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
I can’t get enough of hockey right now. These Stanly Cup Playoffs have D.C. in a tizzy. As of right now, the Caps and Pens are six games into an exciting series that will end on Wed. night. I bought tickets for game 7 and paid more than I have ever paid for a single [...]
May 8th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
Editor and Publisher has announced its winners for the 2009 EPpy awards. The two projects that stuck out to me were:
Left Behind by the San Jose Mercury News
Really strong and inspiring visuals. Makes me want to run out the door with my camera just watching it.
Talking to the Taliban by the Globe and Mail
This really [...]
May 7th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
Great piece from the Washington Post just launched. The first video is about a food bank at the Ambassador Baptist Church in S.E. Washington D.C. I like that they are previewing the next two videos to come.
One on bartending school on May 8
and another on foreclosure auctions on May 11
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May 7th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
Some realy great work from clarin.com on the drug cartels. My Spanish is pretty rusty, so I didn’t understand everything, but It’s a testament to the visuals and intuitive navigation that you can move through this interactive and learn a lot without even speaking the language. Definitely worth some time.
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May 6th, 2009 by MattFordMedia | No Comments
Great interactive display of three videos profiling the women who stay behind while their husbands go off to war. The videos were all shot on the Canon 5D. The background noise is distracting in some spots, but the stories are interesting, and the photography is very nice.
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Matt Ford is a multimedia producer for the Associated Press. You can view his work at MattFordMedia.com.
