Joe Weiss, the photojournalist/programmer behind Soundslides, tells Poynter all about it:
“I think that if you just started to do them, the audio slideshow is gonna take about four or five times what it would have taken just to do the assignment visually. … I think what we’re seeing in the industry right now, is that [...]
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Doing the South(east) Asia thing
August 15, 2006
No, not me, but lots of my friends this summer.
Daniel went to Nepal, Diana went to the Phillipines, Kent went all over the place, and Tom is back in Laos, after rambles all over Thailand and Myanmar and those sorts of places.
All of them are photographers or writers or both, and not just in a [...]
Will the real newspaper video model please stand up
July 30, 2006
What kind of video do you want in your online newspaper?
Broadcast-style stand-ups? Afternoon reports from the newsroom? Snarky into the camera videoblogs from your columnists? Straight news packages?
Mindy McAdams at Teaching Online Journalism has been talking about this all month, drilling down on things like the fancy new HD cameras that will [...]
Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.
July 5, 2006
Daniel got roped into a bullshit internship program in Nepal, but instead of turning back, he just ditched said bullshitters and improvised himself some work.
In Kathmandu.
It does not appear to have been an easy or pleasant experience, but now he’s shooting for an NGO and making the best of his time there.
Word.
Follow Daniel’s photography at [...]
Mercury News Photo becomes a blog. Cool.
May 18, 2006
MercuryNewsPhoto.com redesigned while I wasn’t looking, and what popped out is a nice modern WordPress blog. Cool.
What that means, first things first, is that I (and you) can now subscribe to an RSS feed from the site. Cool.
Second things second, you can leave comments on all the slideshows, video essays, and Flash presentations [...]