Monthly Archive for October, 2008
Advertising plunge will kill newspapers and there won’t be a bailout.
That’s the headline of a blogger and former journalist I really admire, Kiyoshi Martinez.
Kiyoshi is a reformed newspaper and online journalist who now works as Illinois Senate Republicans Staffer for the State of Illinois.
In addition to his blog, Martinez also created the popular sites for laid off journalists at AngryJournalist.com and Journalism.me.
I would have responded in comments to his blog - but I am not a fan of Wordpress comment registration. There are tools I like better to manage comments on the WP platform, but I digress.
Continue reading ‘Will advertising plunge kill newspapers in the U.S?’
Two-part lecture on Web video and where the Web is going.
“Trends in online and video journalism.” for The Alliance of Area Business Publications meeting
For members only
Chicago (Trends in online and video journalism)
I first saw German-based startup, Plastic Logic, demo their remarkable flexible screen technology in Seoul in 2005 at the World Newspaper Congress. They had a small booth and small flexi-screen sample back then. And, I last updated Visual Editors in August of 2006 with a video round up of the latest e-readers. Today, my friends at SportsDesigner posted up a notice of a film clip they spotted.
Here is a demo video with Richard Archuleta, the CEO Plastic Logic, demonstrating the world’s first electronic reader aimed specifically for business users.
These items have floated into my feed readers recently and are presented here in no particular order and without bias (except for the biases of humor and irony).
Embedded below is the day-after Hulu.com video of Gov. Sarah Palin appearing on “Saturday Night Live. (NBC Television)
It should be been noted that the SNL cast since 1975 has referred to itself as the “Not Ready for Prime-Time Players.”
Video updated to a version without 25 seconds of pre-roll adverts
Continue reading ‘Comedy, newspaper clout and Web video of Gov. Sarah Palin’
Web Video journalism for newspapers
Fundamentals of camera usage, shooting sequences, interviewing and the importance of audio, simple story forms and basic edits. Participants will film and edit and post videos in group and individual critiques. This is a multi-day course for a small group of participants and includes a lot of hands-on coaching and feedback.
Continue reading ‘Orlando (Video workshop)’
