The Final Project

With the final project we had a chance to apply all that we have been learning this semester.  It was a chance to use audio, video, slide shows and the web to tell a story.  For me the most important part of this project was covering the story itself.  I tend to shy away from [...]

Death from Blogging

Death from Blogging
Journalist new and old are discovering the importance of blogging. This outlet to release breaking news has created a new field of journalism. A field that requires long hours and constant stress. The pressure of producing breaking news stories to earn money to eat and sleep has had a profound [...]

The pioneer of the Lower Ninth Ward

I suppose I have different tastes that this journalist, but I felt that this feature was dreadfully boring. I do not understand how it managed second place. It was very slow and seemed to be too long. I noticed that a tripod was not being used but there was still minimal camera [...]

Aaron Chimbel

Today many of us had the opportunity to listen to Aaron Chimbel, a mobile journalist, or a mojo as he called it. It was an opportunity for us to hear from a journalist in the field. A chance to see the persona of what we are learning. Much of what he [...]

Supervolcano

Multimedia is changing the way an audience absorbs information. No longer are people limited to being simply a passenger along for the ride. Now with current multimedia capabilities, audiences can read text, view photographs and video and become interactive with simulations.
In BBC’s Supervolcano, which is devoted to informing the reader about the supervolcano [...]

EASE History

Here is another example of what multimedia can bring to an audience. For many, learning is not as simple as reading chapters out of a book. It is about the experience and the images that can be associated with a topic that brings knowledge and the ability to remember a subject.
In this site, [...]

Whats a good multimedia story? Well thats easy…

I have come across no better subject for multimedia than automotive journalism. It is impossible to get an understanding about what a car truly is by just reading the statistics. This is where multimedia comes in. Finally, there is a way to bring the emotion and excitement of a particular car to an [...]

Violence

Sitting in my home in relative security, it is hard to imagine a world full of violence and hate. Medias do help to bring that realization into my life, but it is still difficult to comprehend the magnitude of violence that is prevalent in so many parts of the world. Here is video [...]