Not Forgotten

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Will Yurman of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle turned a daily assignment covering a memorial service into a year-long project exploring the lives behind the statistics. To create Not Forgotten, last year he visited the families of every homicide victim and created short multimedia portraits of those who had been killed. One good thing about living in Rochester, New York is that all the homicides fit in a single flash window. But bravo for imagining the people behind the numbers and chasing down every story.

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Book Release: Multimedia Journal by Richard Koci Hernandez

Richard Koci Hernandez, of MultimediaShooter, has just released a book, Multimedia Journal, targeted at Multimedia Journalists. "Multimedia Journal will show you how to tap into your creativity by guiding you through a variety of activities that will prod your imagination so you can capture new ideas for multimedia storytelling. The exercises are intended to jump-start your creative energy." You can purchase the book and/or preview the first 15 pages at Blurb.

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Job Opening- Informational Graphics Editor/Asst. Professor

From the Missouri School of Journalism/Columbia Missourian: You know that informational graphics are crucial for any modern news product worthy of the name. You know how shallow the pool of talented professionals with the ability to create such graphics. Why not consider a job that lets you help the industry address both issues? You’ll oversee information graphics at a cutting-edge print and online news product while introducing a new generation of students to the skills and theories of the field. The Missouri School of Journalism has such a position. You’ll teach a class and use its students as your staff to produce infographics and interactive information presentations for our web site and daily community newspaper. The Columbia Missourian is edited by professionals and staffed by students from our classes. And, as a bonus, we’re one of the few two-newspaper towns left, so the competition will keep you moving. You’ll be in charge…

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Marcus Bleasdale Interview on CBC

"Sometimes i'm dumbfounded, you see Iraq in the news the whole time, you see Afghanistan in the news the whole time, you see Darfur getting extraordinary amounts of coverage- justifiably- but over and above all of these conflicts, what's going on in Congo is as bad if not worse than all of those conflicts combined, and for me it's extraordinary why people don't continuously have this on the front page, I'm baffled why people don't look at it more." Marcus Bleasdale has spent the better part of the last decade covering the constant conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His work has been seen in publications around the world, and has won many awards. CBC recently interviewed him about his work (video is currently on page 2 of the video player, or you can get to it here) For more of Bleasdale's work, visit his website, or check out his book,…

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