TED talk: Photography

TED is a nonprofit dedicated to bringing people together from those three worlds — technology, entertainment and design. I’m posting this 15-minute talk by National Geographic Photo Editor David Griffin because the photos are beautiful, and also because he explains how some of these photos were taken. If you have time, I’d recommend watching this to get your brain juices...

Photo tutorial: Depth of field

A very helpful photo tutorial with easy tips on taking prettier photographs....

What if my topic isn’t newsworthy this week?

Trust us, it is. A good way to find out is by setting up a Google news alert for your topic. Be sure it isn’t too vague, but make sure it’s broad enough to capture most of the articles that touch on your issue. (Education would be too broad by itself, but education reform or teacher merit pay would not.) If you’re not sure, play around with it for a while. Or type in several. Check out...

Audio Should Be the Strongest Element in a Multimedia Project

One of the wonderful sources that we’ve found for inspiration for your work in this class is a blog called Innovative Interactivity. Each week it highlights an “innovative individual” – someone doing multimedia work. I was interested in this week’s individual, Kimberley Porteus, the multimedia editor for the Sydney Morning News. You should read it. One thing that really stood...

Covering a Disaster Using Multimedia

Some heart wrenching stories, images, audio and video are coming from Haiti. The suffering is unimaginable. On NPR yesterday, Jason Beaubien got choked up talking about a little girl he met at a Haitian hosptial, reminding us all of our humanity and (I think), making us feel more connected to our neighbors who are in pain.(note: the candid reaction of Jason Beaubien occurred between segments as is not...