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.
Anders Holk Petersen has released Final Cut Rescue 6, an updated version of his Final Cut preference utility. The new version works with the recently upgraded FCP 6. Final Cut Rescue 6, like it's predecessor, is freeware. For more information on using this utility see the previous FCP Rescue post. Learn more about our approach to producing multimedia by purchasing MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow. Spanning more than 200 steps, the workflow covers every phase of editing, from organizing and editing assets in Final Cut Pro 7 through backing up and archiving your project. The workflow includes exclusive access to our Aperture Workflow and our Final Cut Asset Parser. Learn more about MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow.
"In war, there’s often beauty. War isn’t just catastrophe, it just isn’t ugliness, people get married, put on beautiful clothes, people go out in their car, a Mini Cooper, whatever, that’s part of war. I think the juxtaposition there with the rubble and this youth- this youth that stands against death- is intriguing." ~Spencer Platt Spencer Platt was recently awarded the prestigious 2006 World Press Photo of the Year Award for his much-discussed image of a group of young Lebanese driving through a destroyed neighborhood in Beirut. In this podcast Jonathan Klein, CEO and Co-Founder of Getty Images, sits down with Platt and discusses the World Press picture, 9/11, and life as a photojournalist.
Starting in May 2004, award-winning photojournalist Olivier Jobard spent six months documenting the journey of Kingsley from Cameroon to France. The original award-winning piece was first published on MediaStorm in July of 2006, and was recently syndicated by MSNBC to be included as part of a story about The Changing Face of Europe. On the site, Kingsley’s story is presented in five sections and includes an interview with Jobard about the risks involved in documenting Kingsley’s epic journey. Many of the stories being produced for MediaStorm.org are also being licensed for publication in other places. I asked Brian Storm to give us a little insight into how that’s working and what they’re doing. Q: How do you syndicate a multimedia piece? What does that mean? Storm: Our goal is to get stories seen by as wide an audience as possible, so if we can take advantage of the of clients, those who…
Whether you’re currently a student or a seasoned professional looking for a few tips or something new, there are a lot of options out there, ranging from online courses to intensive training sessions. News University offers online journalism training. Courses cover a broad range of topics, including leadership and management; reporting, writing and editing; broadcast; online; ethics; visual journalism; and journalism education. Many of their courses are free and self-directed. News University is a joint project between the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Poynter Institute. Speaking of Poynter- if you’d rather attend a “live” course, the Poynter Institute has seminars in St. Petersburg, FL, throughout the year covering many of those same topics. Classes are kept small and focused, with both Poynter faculty and working journalists coming in to teach. If you’re free in September, they have a course coming up on Multimedia Reporting in Teams: New Tools…