New media and video journalism
The Toronto Star is running my latest video - Egypt’s Faceless Revolution
The past few days I have been making audio interviews with several Egyptian sources about what is happening in the country and in their neighborhoods. Fascinating history unfolding. Will take some time to edit the hours of recorded audio and cut into a story. I probably will turn it into film because I think that subtitles will need to be added to aid comprehension.
DENMARK: Robb Montgomery will be visiting a large media client to design an upgrade to their video studio and to start story planning new documentary films.
I interviewed several key thinkers at the 17th World Editors Forum in Hamburg last week.
You can watch some of the edited clips on the WEF Hamburg You Tube Channel.
You’ll find thematic clips from Erik Wilberg, Lucy Küng, Janet Robinson, Neil McIntosh, Giovanni di Lorenzo and Abdel-Moniem Said. I made many more interviews and hope to edit them in the near future.
It was an intense week for sharing new ideas. The congress was sold out, there were editors from more than 60 countries with many top people engaged in the packed sessions.
Continue reading ‘Interviewing editors at the World Editors Forum in Hamburg’
I thought I would make a tutorial for how to send a DVD through the Internet.
I am in Germany and need to send a DVD image to Florida for my brother to burn to a playable DVD movie disc. Snail mail and the delays in international customs processing will make for a slow delivery.
The Challenge:
Send a 4 GB DVD disc image halfway around the world.
The Solution:
This video tutorial that shows how to send a disc image of a DVD using free tools and free file sharing services. (For Mac OSX.)
“Use your iPad to design apps for your iPad.”
That is not a typo.
will allow designers to create quick wireframes and mockups for your web, iPhone and iPad projects, using an iPad.
This preview video heralds a wave of new productivity and design-focused apps.
Continue reading ‘Use your iPad to design apps for your iPad and iPhone’
With a number of prepared modules in his web arsenal, Robb can adjust the content and pacing to suit the audience. This ability worked well for us due to the wide variation of skill levels at our newspaper groups. During a recent trip to Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, Robb was an engaging and effective presenter.
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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.
VIDEO
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.