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Thanks Mike. That site looks like a goldmine. I can read all the posts, but can't join the conversation. I tried asking for an invitation through the site a couple weeks ago, but never got any response. Any chance you -- or anyone else -- can invi...
October 20
Thanks, all, for the great suggestions. I'll let you know how it goes!
October 9
Checkout www.lightstalkers.org. Originally meant for photojournalists, this site helps any journalism-type traveler with worldwide contacts and very valuable info. Regards Mike
October 8
Check out the local Associated Press or Reuters bureau in Panama and Mex City, because they are likely to know young stringers wanting extra work. Same is true of the local newspapers or radio stations. Or students of English in the local college....
October 6
There's this Norwegian website that keeps a database on local fixers, especially in Third World countries, to help European journalists on covering them: http://www.reporter.no/IRN/index.html It hasn't been updated for long, but the database is s...
October 6
Whit Richardson added a discussion to the group Tools you can use
I'm curious if anyone has used flypaper -- http://www.flypaper.com/ -- to create Flash projects. I'd love to have the time and expertise to create custom Flash projects, but sometimes that's not always viable. Flypaper seems like it could be a goo...
October 6
As journalists and editors not (for the most part) developers - what online tools are you using to splice and dice and feed your content.
October 6
Whit Richardson added a discussion to the group International journalists
I'm planning my first overseas reporting trip and am stressing a bit about finding and lining up a fixer/interpreter before I get there. In my case, I'm heading to Panama and Sonora, a state on the west coast of Mexico, to cover offshore aquacultu...
October 6

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At 8:10pm on March 24, 2008, Patrick Yen said…
Thanks for writing Whit. I've only been here in Portland for a couple of months. It's an interesting town.

Moustache globalization.. they're everywhere!!

At 9:19am on February 26, 2008, Suzanne M Piker said…
Ah yes. So we are. I'm up for coffee anytime. Aren't you right on Exchange? You let me know and we'll raise a cup together and talk disc (or my lack of playing) and that industry called news.

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New Media Editor
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Mainebiz
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Business
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I'm a multimedia journalist. I currently am on staff at Mainebiz, an award-winning business publication in Portland, Maine, but am launching a freelance career in a few months. I'm also a 2009 fellow at the International Center for Journalists.
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http://www.jwhitneyrichardson.com
Blog
http://thenewaquaculture.blogspot.com
Twitter URL
http://twitter.com/whit_richardson
LinkedIn URL
http://www.linkedin.com/in/whitrichardson

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Great multimedia piece

Just wanted to pass along a cool multimedia piece I came across. This is the producer's first multimedia project and I think it is very well done. There's a stretch of silence about 3/4 of the way through that is very powerful. The producer is a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, which is where I also studied creative nonfiction and radio product… Continue

Posted on July 8, 2008 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Whit Richardson

multimedia crash course

Received a crash course in photoshop, soundtrack pro, finalcut pro and flash in the last three days. Dreamweaver is on deck for this afternoon. My head is about to explode, but this stuff is great. Now how to utilize these skills back in the news room? Hmm...

Posted on June 12, 2008 at 2:57pm — 2 Comments

Whit Richardson

artist or journalist or both?

We had a talk this morning from Richard Koci Hernandez, deputy director of photography at the San Jose Mercury News. He's a very talented artist and a very inspiring speaker. He considers himself a storyteller, works as a journalist, but creates videos and multimedia projects that are pure art. Check out his site and tell me what you think.

Posted on June 10, 2008 at 11:00pm —

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multimedia projects at the Las Vegas Sun

A couple of multimedia guys from the Las Vegas Sun spoke with us yesterday about what they've done with that paper's site in the last eight months. Here's some cool examples of multimedia projects they've done.
This is story on construction deaths on the strip is a good example of how to tackle webcentric journalism.
This is a cool… Continue

Posted on June 9, 2008 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Whit Richardson

First day at the Knight Digital Media Center multimedia training

It's my first full day at a week-long multimedia training at the Knight Digital Media Center at UC-Berkeley. We're going over storyboarding this morning, and what mediums to use for what type of stories. Yesterday, we had an introduction to webcentric journalism and a couple multimedia journalists from the Las Vegas Sun. If you haven't checked out the cool multimedia stuff the Las Vegas Sun has been doing, check it out. Her… Continue

Posted on June 9, 2008 at 1:00pm —

 
 

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