Archive for January, 2007

 
Jan31st2007

Should we leave multi-media to the photo department?


Should we leave multi-media to the photo department?: " As we all know, multi-media is the way of the future. We've heard time and time again, but should reporters jump on that band wagon, or should we just leave it to the photo gurus? Audio slideshows (you'll remember we call them ASS's) are naturally very visual. [...]
 
Jan31st2007

WSJ Gets Print Edition RSS Feeds


WSJ Gets Print Edition Feeds: "The Wall Street Journal has added a bunch more RSS feeds. This includes feeds for each section of the print edition of the paper." Again, I don't get why every newspaper and magazine hasn't started to offer this. Props to the Journal. (Via Micro Persuasion.) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. [...]
 
Jan31st2007

PEW report: Tagging


Tagging: " 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts. (Via Pew Internet and American Life Project: Front Page.) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the [...]
 
Jan31st2007

Meet Orlando Sentinel's new A.M. news team


Orlando Sentinel's new A.M. news team: "The Orlando Sentinel has created a new 'A.M. news teamh' -- a group of reporters, visual journalists, editors and Web producers whose job it is to update OrlandoSentinel.com early in... (Via CyberJournalist.net.) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this [...]
 
Jan31st2007

Ann Moore Sees Time Inc.'s Digital Future


Ann Moore Sees Time Inc.'s Digital Future: "Next week People will add a celebrity database to its website, with over 100 profiles updated in real time. When the 2007 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue comes out on Feb. 14, Time Warner sibling AOL will post its first tied-in swimsuit-buying guide. And Life magazine is about to [...]
 
Jan31st2007

Scripps Selects Kaango to Provide Online Classifieds Platform


 
Jan31st2007

Yahoo! Inc.'s online news site generated 50 percent more revenue from advertising last year than in 2005.


Reason was new video content that drew visitors.
 
Jan31st2007

The New Media Mogul—You


What do Blinkx, Magnify.net, Splashcast, Panjea, Eyejot, Vringo, and BUZ have in common? They aim to give consumers control of their own media.
 
Jan31st2007

Call It MyNewspaperSpace


Call It MyNewspaperSpace: "LAS VEGAS -- As stodgy old newspapers begin to think of themselves in digital terms, they're increasingly looking to MySpace -- the unedited, consumer-generated and not-infrequently-profane social-networking site purchased by News Corp. in 2005 -- as an unlikely role model." (Via Advertising Age - MediaWorks.) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | [...]
 
Jan31st2007

More visual newspapers?


Poynter asks: More visual newspapers? At the invitation-only Digital Life Design conference in Munich John Naisbitt, author of the 1988 bestseller 'Megatrends.' insisted that newspapers aren’t visual enough for the standards of modern day culture." "When we talk about the death of newspapers, we are talking about the death of a [...]
 
Jan31st2007

News War: PBS Frontline Examines the Future of News


 
Jan30th2007

Newspapers Discover the Web


Newspapers may finally be figuring out a way to harness a true asset: local, well-branded websites.
 
Jan30th2007

Why don’t more journalists use newsreaders?


You need new skills. If you're a journalist and you're not using RSS, you're ceding an advantage to your competiton (Hint: this item appears courtesy of an RSS feed . . )
 
Jan30th2007

Newspapers lose ground in Web-savvy schools: study 


"Students do not relate to newspapers at all, any more than they would to vinyl records," one teacher said in the study
 
Jan30th2007

New York Times hires fired LATimes editor as Washington Bureau Chief


New York Times editor on Dean Baquet: "Standing up to Tribune only adds to his luster."
 
Jan30th2007

Another top job - Multimedia Producer-Time.com - Time


Create special TIME.com packages and multimedia features including video... " (Via Indeed.com.) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under vizeds(t) .
 
Jan30th2007

Job of the week: Multimedia Editor - The Wall Street Journal


Multimedia Editor - The Wall Street Journal Online - New York, NY: "s seeking a multimedia editor to produce multimedia stories, digitize film, write captions and research supplementary material for the site. The multimedia..." (Via Indeed.com.) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post [...]
 
Jan30th2007

Humbly Show Off your Portfolios


Humbly Show Off With Humble Voice: "think MySpace, but with a pleasant facelift and being overall more versatile. Essentially, it’s a social network for the creative type where users can show off their work, build a portfolio, and connect with friends and family" (Via Solution Watch.) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | [...]
 
Jan30th2007

Footnote - The place for original documents online


Find original historic documents.
 
Jan30th2007

Use low-cost cameras to file video reports from the field


The low-cost Web video system for reporters system was showcased with live field reports from the World Newspaper Congress ... © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under vizeds(t) .
 
Jan29th2007

Internet to revolutionize TV in 5 years


Bill Gates "More and more viewers will abandon broadcast TV"
 
Jan29th2007

Murdoch: Big media has less sway on Internet


Rupert Murdoch: "We can't reverse it."
 
Jan29th2007

Fredericksburg, Va. redesign is on the street


Print :: Fredericksburg, Va., to redesign Jan. 29 (reply): "charles apple writes . . . The redesign is on the street. FREDERICKSBURG, BEFORE: FREDERICKSBURG, AFTER: © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the [...]
 
Jan29th2007

Newspaper group launches ultra-local community websites


UK: Trinity Mirror launches ultra-local CitJ websites: " Trinity Mirror has launched five citizen journalism micro-sites, as a test launch of what could become a widespread feature on the group’s newspaper websites. " (Via Editors Weblog) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add [...]
 
Jan29th2007

American Journalism Review profiles the amazing Mr. Adrian Holovaty.


People with Web development expertise aren't usually drawn to news, Holovaty says, because they don't think it's a technologically savvy field.
 
Jan29th2007

Readers Call Newspapers. These Are Their Stories. - New York Times


The San Francisco Chronicle is posting some of the voice mail messages left for reporters and editors as audio files on its Web site,
 
Jan29th2007

Blog Traffic Grows, and It’s Mostly Male - New York Times


The Washington Post announced that it would be adding three new blogs.
 
Jan27th2007

Multimedia recording microphone for iPod Nano


MicroMemo microphone for iPod Nano: " Here's away to sneak an iPod Nano into your multimedia budget. For field interviews, spontaneous brilliant thoughts, impromptu podcasts . . . whatever. MicroMemo from Japanese company Marubeni Infotech Japan, saves as high or low quality WAV files which means an 8GB Nano can potentially hold 51 hours [...]
 
Jan26th2007

What's is after video, multimedia and interactivity? Databases, baby.


The next step after multimedia and interactivity? Just add data.: " When I find myself face to screen with an online news site that is still in the Nightly Shovelware Posting stage, I think of two things: How can I add multimedia to this, and how can I add interactivity to'this. I think a lot of [...]
 
Jan26th2007

Internet Video Audience Reaches Critical Mass


Internet Video Audience Reaches Critical Mass: "The audience for Internet video has reached a critical mass, offering advertisers and television programmers lucrative opportunities, according to Nielsen Analytics. Highlights of the the company’s research: There has been no measurable negative impact on traditional television viewing. Video on PCs and iPods is expanding the audience of traditional TV programs. Viewers prefer [...]
 
Jan26th2007

January 2007: The death of newspapers?


Telegraph Blogs: Technology: Shane Richmond: January 2007: The death of newspapers?: "'By the time today's youth reach the age when they would normally become regular newspaper readers they will have been exposed to a totally different media experience.'" (Via del.icio.us/dblinks.) © editor for The VizEds Blog, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs [...]
 
Jan26th2007

Mar 25-30 2007 Multimedia Training at Berkeley


The application deadline for this workshop is Feb 23, 2007.
 
Jan26th2007

UK: Sky News tight-lipped on social networking partnership with Google