MONACO: Mathias Döpfner opened his interview segment at the Monaco Media Forum with the stunning news that the German media giant’s newspaper division is showing a 25.4% profit.
“If print is a dead business, then this kind of death feels pretty comfortable for me.”
No kidding. Springer is riding in the opposite direction of almost every other western media house. Yes, Arianna Huffington is also on stage but is clearly outclassed in this discussion.
There is a place where fourth graders will be using Final Cut and every teacher has a multimedia hub as their “desk.” At this urban school, classroom teachers will be filming video documentaries as part of their jobs.
Welcome to Edison Elementary School in Kalamazoo, Michigan: A magnet school with new multimedia production facilities. I recently led a video journalism workshop with a core group of classroom teachers where I taught them how to make effective video reports. (Teachers call training “professional development”)
One of my Camp Video Journalism Orlando students, Anthony Gettig, produced this short video report from that week. Listen to the teachers - see the excitement on their faces.
Last week I shared some tips for journalists using Twitter in a live Webinar for the World Editors Forum.
One of the examples I showed was how, as a solo video journalist, I was able to generate a lot of traffic and attention to a video report I filed in Cairo.