CitizeNews Launches

CitizeNews, a new venue for video journalists to share their work with the community (and world), has launched this week. Conceived and launched by Michael Rosenblum and Ken Krushel after meeting in Kazakhstan over a year ago. CitizeNews' aim is to "aggregate the work of talented video journalists of great diversity and distinction whose work is characterized by a powerful individual vision. Our goal is to construct a digital platform where video journalists chronicle the world as they work to interpret its peoples, issues, events and personalities." They have a process to credential contributors, and visitors to the site can comment on any of the videos shown. So far, stories on the site have covered everything from a UFO Watchtower, to the Children of Banda Aceh and Colorado Gators.

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Slate V

Slate.com launched a new online video magazine today, Slate V. They have posted videos featuring many of their regular columnists, with both animated content and video of the writers. There is also a section called ‘Did You See This?’, where the Slate V editors post their favorite videos from around the Web. The usual Slate topics are covered- news & politics, arts & life, business, and it looks like they’ll be adding Video Contests soon. Check it out.

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Taking a Stand- Stories that Connect

Storybridge.tv has a new episode up today- looking at the life of a man following his dream and working for himself. Po is a hot dog stand owner/operator in Madison, WI. He opened up his first roadside hot dog stand over a decade ago, and is still working hard. “I like doing it, I like working for myself. I used to work here for other people, I know how it is, sometimes I work here in America for other people. Sometimes they treat you ok, sometimes they don’t treat you too good. And they don’t pay you too good either,” Po says. If you haven't seen it yet, Storybridge.tv is the new online home for a couple of TV news vets, who decided they wanted to do things their way. We first heard of it via Lost Remote, who reports, "WISC news anchor Katy Sai and photographer Jay Olsen were tired of…

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Transom’s Portable Digital Recorder Comparison

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"What is the best audio recorder for me to buy?" We get asked that question quite often at MediaStorm. Unfortunately, there is no easy, universal answer. Everyone's recording needs are different. Some people are more concerned with sound quality, while others are more concerned about the size of the device or how easy it is to use. Getting solid, detailed information about device options and making an informed decision is a large part of the challenge when buying a portable audio recorder. To that end, Transom's Portable Digital Recorder Comparison is an enormous help. They aggregate information for all the available devices in a single, easy-to-digest chart, including sound quality specificatons, device size and pros and cons for each. In the last row of the chart is a link to a detailed review for each recorder. Learn more about our approach to producing multimedia by purchasing MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow. Spanning more than…

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FRONTLINE’s Complete ‘News War’ Series Viewable Online

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FRONTLINE's special four-part series "News War" examines the challenges facing today's mainstream media and how print, broadcast and electronic news organizations are struggling with, and adjusting to, these new challenges. If you missed the original television broadcast you can watch the full series online. FRONTLINE's site also offers extended interviews and other supplemental material not included in the broadcast. From the FRONTLINE site: In a four-part special series, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn. Through interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic media over the past four decades -- and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today's most important news organizations, FRONTLINE traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration's attacks on the media to the post-Watergate popularity of the press, to the new challenges presented by the…

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