Archives for “Multimedia”

Nothing like a bit of passion

I love this. Who wins? I'm not sure.

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 9:42 am.

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Video: The end of the Rocky Mountain News

Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 5:51 pm.

Filed under Comment, Multimedia, Newspapers, The Future, The Web, main, video journalism.

NUJ follow up: I’m still not convinced

I've been doing some thinking about this whole NUJ thing. My post the other night reads very ranty -- indeed, I guess it is very ...

11 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 4:54 pm.

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Exclusive: ITV in *another* cock-up

;-)

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 2:46 pm.

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Video Journalism will save newspapers in 2009

In the past twelve months we've seen the amount of people watching online video go through the roof. But, unlike the YouTube boom that potentially ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 9:05 am.

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The essence of good multimedia journalism

Journalism.co.uk's John Thompson writes: Multimedia for multimedia’s sake rarely works, and is often embarrassing. If you are going to do it, either do it well enough ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 3:11 pm.

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MEN goes mojo and wins

Three reasons why this is great. 1) It's an embedded player -- many more people will watch it as a result. 2) It's unedited and raw -- ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Friday, January 9, 2009 at 9:38 pm.

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BBC iPlayer Day — a lesson learned

Last Friday was iPlayer Day, an event on the BBC Internet Blog organised by myself, Nick Reynolds and Jonathan Richardson. It was my first major contribution ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, December 15, 2008 at 5:39 pm.

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From newsroom to mailroom

Redundancies are terrifying. Right now, all the news reports are focusing on statistics. 90 lost here, wage freezes there. Soon we can expect to learn of ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 1:49 pm.

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Official Monty Python channel launches on YouTube

Check out this great trailer for the new official Monty Python channel on YouTube. They're appealing for people who enjoy the channel to buy their stuff. ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 6:37 pm.

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US Election online watcher’s guide

NOTE: This page will be updating regularly from now until God-knows-when. Send me your suggestions here or leave a comment on this post. Exciting times, folks. ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 11:33 am.

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Regionals should get their houses in order before trying to stop others

I don't think it's fair that some of the local press is getting in a strop with Sir Michael Lyon's plans for better regional BBC ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 6:35 pm.

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It’s time to relieve the stress of RSS. Newspapers, make your own readers!

In the past week, Paul Bradshaw wrote what he called one of the most important posts he's ever made. Here it is. In it he describes ...

9 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 10:02 am.

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Labour conference across the web

We often see breaking news coming into its own on the internet -- there is no better place for it -- but sometimes it's good ...

3 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 3:54 pm.

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What’s the difference between online and broadcast video?

What's the difference between online and broadcast video? Plenty, I'd say, but judging by some of the online video published by even the biggest news companies, ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 9:11 pm.

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The world reports the news, Intelligent Aggregated Editorial reports the world

It's too late for me to write too many words. But here's an idea I have. It's called Intelligent Aggregation and I think it could ...

0 Comments. Posted by Dave on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 2:24 am.

Filed under Blogs, Citizen Journalism, Multimedia, My Work, Newspapers, Social Networking, TV, The BBC, The Future, The Web.

The best reporting at the US elections, from an unlikely source

Back in January of this year I wrote a review of Gnooze, a quirky news site featuring the wonderful Marta Costello. I remember thinking "she's really ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 12:58 am.

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If only Lamb had an N95: How newspapers can succeed online

At Auckland airport I bought Christina Lamb's 'Small Wars Permitting', a stunning collection of her finest articles, with her own reflective commentaries throughout. Bit like ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 7:25 pm.

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UPDATE: Russia goes to war. Important? Not if you ask the BBC

(more edits further down: get scrolling) Russia has attacked Georgia. They are fighting RIGHT NOW. It's David vs Goliath, and Georgia has requested for US help ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Friday, August 8, 2008 at 3:42 pm.

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How to be a good journalism student

One of my best students in NZ has posted this cheeky video about being a good journalism student. Enjoy... Ain't that great? Read Luke's blog here. On ...

1 Comment. Posted by Dave on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 1:51 am.

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The bashing together of young journalism heads

Every month I take part in the Carnival of Journalism. It's a fun little event where a selection of invited bloggers bash their collective heads ...

21 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 5:49 pm.

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Introducing NewsWire: If you run a journalism school, you need to do this

NewsWire.co.nz is the new news website for the Whitireia Journalism School, New Zealand. I built it. And, aside from the fee for hosting (pennies) and my ...

30 Comments. Posted by Dave on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:33 am.

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Me on Radio New Zealand’s Mediawatch

Yesterday, I shared the bill with Paul Bradshaw on Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch program. Paul was discussing Jolly Journalists -- of which I am one! -- ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 1:56 am.

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It’s the journalism that counts, not the technology

G'day and Kia Ora from Down-Under. (See... picked up the lingo and everyfink.) *ahem* Right, we're verrrry close to launching the news website that I have built. ...

4 Comments. Posted by Dave on Monday, June 30, 2008 at 10:47 am.

Filed under Debate, Ethics, Multimedia, Social Networking, Sport, Student Journalism, TV, Tabloids, The Future, The Web.

Thisishowyousortyoursiteout.co.uk/listen!

I hate the 'ThisIs' series of websites. I hate the name. I hate the designs. Urg urg urg. Many of these local sites would benefit ...

2 Comments. Posted by Dave on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 4:56 am.

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