The Platypus Digital Video Storytelling Workshop is now accepting applications for its training in Santa Fe, New Mexico this May. The Platypus Workshop 2013: Digital Video Storytelling A 21st century digital storyteller has to be producer, writer, camera, sound, editor, and everything else. Just as the millennia-old platypus—a mash-up of otter, duck and beaver—has evolved […]
This month’s Digital Journalist leads off with a feature on Seamus Murphy’s recent book, “A Darkness Visible,” exploring almost 15 years of work in Afghanistan. The work is intimate and personal, looking at the culture of the Afghan people, not just the destruction of war. When asked why he did not write a lengthy essay […]
This month’s Digital Journalist mixes things up a bit- Ken Kobré (of kobreguide.com), took over the reins, and focused on the ever-changing world of video journalism. They lead with a feature by Colin Mulvany, of The Spokesman-Review, From Stills to Video in the Newsroom. Mulvany writes: “Now is not a time to be timid. Multimedia […]
The March Digital Journalist is now online. This month features Anthony Suau’s feature on The Housing Meltdown. You’ve probably seen his World Press Photo winning image of the police detective clearing a house, but the rest of the series is definitely worth a look, it’s a very powerful take on what’s going on in towns […]
