ProPublica launches

ProPublica launched their website today, and while it's not multimedia, it's well worth checking out! If you haven't heard of them, "ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. We strive to foster change through exposing exploitation of the weak by the strong and the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them." With a powerhouse staff, and some serious funders backing their work, we're excited to see what they do.

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Digital Journalist June issue now online

The June issue of the Digital Journalist is now online. Featured this month is a selection of pictures and personal commentary from Bill Eppridge: "A Time It Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties". Barbara Baker Burrows gives a terrific introduction to both Bill and the images. Also of note, a firsthand account and gallery by James Whitlow Delano, "In the Eye of the Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone" covering the recent devastation.

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2008 Soul of Athens Launched

The 2008 edition of Soul of Athens has launched. Produced by the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University, this year's group looked at Wellness within the Athens County, Ohio, community. 30 stories are grouped into the categories Mind, Body, Spirit, and Place. It's well worth the time spent to go through the site, there are quite a few excellent projects in here. If you somehow missed the amazing (and multiple award-winning) compilation of stories last year, be sure to check the 2007 project out, too.

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