Easy solutions to web production’s most common problems May 21, 2010
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentA great problem-solving round-up by Mark Luckie of 10,000 Words:
“In my role as multimedia producer for California Watch and in other newsrooms where I’ve worked, I am frequently approached by reporters to help them with web-related issues. Often it’s how to post content on the web, how to edit something, or how to do something I’ve never heard of (which I later google).
Here are some of the most common question I’m asked — and if you are a web producer, you are too — and the answers to those questions.”
About the Repository | Al Jazeera Creative Commons Repository January 15, 2009
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a comment"Select Al Jazeera video footage – at this time footage of the War on Gaza – is available for free to be downloaded, shared, remixed, subtitled and eventually rebroadcasted by users and TV stations across the world with acknowledgement to Al Jazeera.
This is the first time that video footage produced by a news broadcaster is released under the ‘Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution’ license which allows for commercial and non-commercial use."
Popular Online Videos Teach Crafty Ways to Cheat On Tests ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes October 17, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , add a commentNext thing they'll be reading students' blogs… Who is watching whom (and how):
" 'I don't think any of my teachers go to YouTube.' Famous last words from a student posting instructions on how to cheat."
YouTube offers journalism fellowship for video journalists September 17, 2008
Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : Journalism, citizen journalism, video , add a commentAn opportunity for aspiring video journalists:
In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, YouTube presents Project: Report, a journalism contest (made possible by Sony VAIO & Intel) intended for non-professional, aspiring journalists to tell stories that might not otherwise be told.
In each of the three rounds, reporters will be given an assignment to complete. Winners of each round will receive technology prizes from Sony VAIO & Intel, and the grand prize winner will be granted a $10,000 journalism fellowship with the Pulitzer Center to report on a story abroad.
The assignment for the first round is to profile someone “in your community with a story you think the world should know about”. Max three minutes, deadline 5 October.
The contest home page includes a few resources, including video shooting and editing tips.