Monthly Archive for November, 2008

Making movies in Alexandria, Egypt


Making movies in Alexandria Egypt

The view from my room overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. I am here working with 12 budding filmmakers who will report a video documentary about the state of daily newspapers in this city of six million people.

A slideshow from Day one.

Video: Minority Report graphics interface a reality

Remember the futurisitc computer interface from the 2002 movie Minority Report?

Oh, it is for real now.

Via Engadget

It is called g-speak.

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Photos from India newspaper design workshop

Hyderabad: Below is a slideshow of photos from the start of a two day newspaper design and redesign workshop in Hyderabad, India. These photos were taken by my host V Antony, Business development manager of IFRA India. Antony’s background is in prepress - so hat’s off to him for making some nice documentary images.


The sold out training event brought together editors and designers from Singapore, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and their interest in gaining knowledge is great.

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Behind The Scenes Photos of Obama Watching Election Results

Democratic Presidential Nominee, Barack Obama and his family on election night in Chicago, IL on Wednesday, November 5, 2008. (David Katz/Obama for America)

The best photos from Sen. Barack Obama’s election night rally weren’t taken by a newspaper photographer. They didn’t run a day later in print. Indeed what appears to be the most intimate documentary photojournalism from the historic night in Chicago night ran raw, unfiltered and direct to audience. On Flickr. Under a Creative Commons license.


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How Do I Preserve Newsprint for Archive or Display?

A good question for all those Obama editions you’ve been selling.

Now you can share with readers these tips from Lifehacker.
Number one thing to know is that newsprint has acid in it and if not neutralized will destroy the edition eventually.

Find out more.

And I swear to my colleagues at the Chicago Tribune, I did not make them post your famous election cover on their site.

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Video: Obama wins in election graphics on news Web sites

A video tour and spot critique of top U.S. media Web sites and their election graphics at the moment when Sen. Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election.

A narrated and illustrated video from Robb Montgomery in Chicago.