BBC News launches collaborative multimedia project based on British soldiers
A collaborative project between the BBC’s video-on-demand team, online graphic designers, journalists, newsgathering reporters and the BBC News channel was launched on the BBC News website yesterday....
View ArticlePoynter: Online video proves big traffic generator for Miami Herald
The Miami Herald site has seen a 25 per cent increase in visitors as a direct result of using video – making movies the second biggest driver behind its stories. And it claims part of its success is...
View ArticlePress Photographer’s Year Award 2011 opens for entries
The Press Photographer’s Year Award 2011 is now open for entries from photographers working for UK media organisations. With 14 categories, including a Multimedia category and an overall Photograph of...
View ArticleBeet.TV: Vook on working with ABC News to produce video books
In this video interview on Beet.TV Matthew Cavnar, head of product at Vook, a company which creates video books, talks about its collaboration with ABC News to produce a ‘vook’ which combines its text...
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The Sun launches ‘multimedia studio’ with video webchat
The Sun has launched a new “multimedia studio”, which it used this week to host a video webchat with actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger. The studio will not be in full-time use until February,...
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New York Times launches behind-the-scenes video feature
The New York Times has launched a new daily video feature on NYTimes.com. TimesCast, which is available on the newspaper’s homepage between 1:00pm and 2:00pm EST Monday to Friday, falls somewhere...
View ArticleMastering Multimedia: Improving video on newspaper websites
Many newspaper-produced video stories are boring. The best stories have surprises sprinkled throughout the timeline, which helps keep the viewer engaged. This is mature storytelling that most newspaper...
View ArticleBeet.tv: WaPo plans live video programmes for hundreds of reporters
The Washington Post is planning to launch hundreds of live video shows hosted by reporters using webcams from their desks and a new version of the title’s existing video player. The programmes will be...
View ArticleInnovative Interactivity (II): Interactive iPad app lets you choose your own...
Tracey Boyer looks at Touching Stories, an application developed for the iPad by two US, interactive design studios, which has been used to create a series of documentary films. In the free app,...
View ArticleSurvey attempts to track the changing skills of online journalists
We know that many journalists today aim to have a finger in every multimedia pie – a ‘print’ journalist wants to understand how to communicate by video or audio, while online reporters should be...
View ArticleConde Nast appoints new chief technology officer
Magazine publisher Conde Nast has a new chief technology officer – whose first task will be to manage the expansion of the group’s publications, according to Wired.com. Conde Nast, which is the parent...
View ArticleCalifornia journalism students to be provided with iPads
Journalism students at a US university will be given iPads during their course to help them learn to file multimedia news stories from the latest technologies. According to a release on the University...
View ArticleBBC: 100 days of government in 100 seconds
As the coalition government enters its 100th day in office, the BBC has created a 100 second video slideshow documenting events so far. The slideshow begins with David Cameron’s speech outside Downing...
View Article#WEFHamburg: Multimedia newsrooms vs. online-only outlets
Multimedia news organisations or purely online outlets – which has the most sustainable model? This was the question posed in this morning’s panel discussion at the World Editors Forum. But before the...
View Article#WEFHamburg: Staff training in multimedia need motivation, direction, goals
There has been plenty of discussion about moving digital journalism forward at the World Editors Forum this week, and the first panel debate today looked at the state of new media training and how...
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