AP launches database of Guantanamo Bay detainees.
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.
Globe and Mail – The OHL experience
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 [...]
MediaStorm – Multimedia Philanthropy
Maybe it’s the troubled economy or the struggling newspaper industry, but Mediastorm has been on a tear lately with loads of good advice for multimedia producers.
Eric Maierson first posted 10 ways to improve your multimedia work now. A great list of ways to avoid some multimedia cliches and sharpen the overall presentation.
He now follows up [...]
Gaylord college video training
Looking to expand your skill set in the new world of multimedia journalism? Gaylord college has a handful of free video tutorials that can get you started with a lot of the latest software used by multimedia professionals.
Playing Catch Up
A handful of great links that I missed this past week while working on the road.
Tracy Boyer at innovative interactivity unloads a bevy of great links for any multimedia enthusiast out there. It’s essentially a list of lists. (How does she find the time to cull all these links?)
Some great advice from John Gross. [...]
Neiman Labs – Enjoy what you do, or else
Interesting thoughts on what skillsets online reporters should have.
My favorite is the idea that if you have reporters who don’t enjoy what they are doing, that it will come through in such a personal medium.
Rethinking storytelling for the web
Great interview with Richard Koci Hernandez at NiemanLabs
In short:
The web is a new medium and we should approach it with a clean slate
Standups don’t work on the web
Jon Stewart’s brand of news may not be as fake as we originally thought