Beet.TV: New York Times Integrated Newsroom

From Beet.TV, a nice little video piece on the new New York Times integrated newsroom:
The New York Times has a New, Integrated Newsroom
The New York Times has moved into a Renzo Piano-designed building on Eighth Avenue. Begun in April, the move is now complete. Beyond the new design and functionality of the place, which [...]

Barefoot Workshops: Documenting the Mississippi Delta

In February 2008 the Barefoot Workshops, run by Chandler Griffin, will hit the Mississippi Delta. This is a 2-week workshop designed for new documentary filmmakers who want to start a career in film and television documentary. Chandler Griffin runs the Barefoot Workshops, a a New York City-based not-for-profit 501(c)3, that offers short, intensive workshops around [...]

Internet Video Growing

Television shows on the Internet have replaced news programming as the most widely viewed online content. Traditional television programming online and Internet video are expected to grow in the next several years and will soon become entrenched as mainstream according to WebPro News. -more

New Northwestern University Study On Digital Strategy

A new study out of Northwestern University’s Media Management Center, “Running while the Earth Shakes: Creating an Innovation Strategy to Win in the Digital Age, A Study on Innovation in the News Media,” by Annette Moser-Wellman, explores the creative strategies media organizations can follow to adapt to change. Here’s a link to the PDF file.
Executive [...]

The Possible Web Future

Richard MacManus at Read/Write Web has compiled an interesting list of future trends for the web. Highlights below:
10 Future Web Trends
by Richard MacManus
We’re well into the current era of the Web, commonly referred to as Web 2.0. Features of this phase of the Web include search, social networks, online media (music, video, etc), content aggregation [...]

Newspapers Must Change to Survive

From a recent article by Tim Rutten on LA Times.com, “Newspapers are changing to suit reader’s tastes,” he laments the lack of quality news programming on cable and network news, but holds out hope that newspapers can make the transition back to their roots rather than fall prey to the type of programming we see [...]

New Media & Marshall McLuhan

Here’s a great read from Robert Logan, “The 14 Messages of New Media,” on MediaShift about his extension of Marshall McLuhan’s statement that “the medium is the message.” He lists 14 characteristics of new media today that, “… seem to have 14 distinct messages that intertwine and support each other.” A very interesting read.
1. two-way [...]

Dirck Halstead Predicts the Future!

There’s a great article in the August issue of The Digital Journalist by editor and publisher Dirck Halstead, “Can You Shoot Stills and Video?” Dirck talks about the challenges photojournalists are having adapting to these new skill sets, but that the trade-off we are making, in many cases, is richer journalism and storytelling.
I like the [...]

Pachyderm Multimedia Authoring Getting Closer to Reality

I’ve been keeping tabs on Pachyderm for a while now and it looks like September 2007 the NMC (New Media Consortium) will offer hosted accounts for a small subscription fee to individuals. Pachyderm is the equivalent of Joe Weiss’ SoundSlides, but on super steroids, with the ability to allow anyone to upload images, audio, and [...]

asap Goes Down

I just reported last month on the success of asap. Things change fast! According to a story on Yahoo! Finance from Seth Sutel, AP business writer, the AP is closing down its 2-year-old multimedia service on October 31. asap emphasized nontraditional methods of storytelling to help newspapers reach the 18-to-34 age group. AP sources stated [...]

Magazines Going Digital to Reach Readers

In a recent report from the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA), 62 magazines announced digital initiatives in the second quarter of 2007. That’s a 139% increase over the same time period in 2006, and the highest number ever tracked by MPA. Some of the new initiatives announced by magazine publishers are integrated marketing [...]

Medill Unveiling New Multimedia Curriculum

(What the Duck)
Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism will soon unveil their new multimedia curriculum. The move is not without criticism. School Dean, John Lavine, has emphasized marketing as part of the new curriculum, a move that has irked many journalists, faculty, and students. I agree, we have to be very careful that we keep [...]

Buffalo Rising: Successful Hyperlocal Media

From Josh Cantone at Read/Write Web, Buffalo Rising is quickly becoming one of the more successful hyperlocal media sites, with more than a 10% growth rate each month. Their site is very well designed and uses video and other multimedia very well. They are also going to produce a print product in the future which [...]

Baltimore Sun Exploring Convergence

In this report from the Baltimore Sun, the paper is going to start partnering with local television media and working with broadcast reporters to co-produce multimedia content.
Sun to share content with WMAR, MPT
By Nick Madigan Sun reporter July 18, 2007
Expanding its reach into other media platforms, The Sun has struck partnership agreements with WMAR and [...]