The murder of journalist Arthur Kasherman
In 1945, newspaper publisher Arthur Kasherman was gunned down on a snowy street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Was he a crusader for justice, or a low-life who angered the underworld once too many? Watch the video, read the stories and maybe you’ll solve a 65-year-old murder mystery. About the Site Rubbed Out is an experiment in [...]
Multimedia inspiration from #wjchat
On Wednesday, Feb. 24, multimedia journalists from around the country participated in a Web journalism chat moderated by Mark Luckie, author of the blog 10,000 Words and the Digital Journalists Handbook! Here’s a collection of the top projects mentioned during the chat. #wjchat is a weekly Twitter conversation for web journalists. We talk about all [...]
Interactive multimedia from scratch
As part of my course work at the University of Minnesota, I wanted to produce an interactive multimedia project on the economic crisis. After following a couple other student projects, like Soul of Athens and Andaman Rising, I knew exactly what I wanted to do and had absolutely no idea how to do it. Three [...]
Best Projects and Posts of 2009
Projects Times of Recession Times of Recession was a multimedia project that featured seven Minnesotans and the recession’s impact on each of their lives. The project was nominated for an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy in September and the videos ran individually on MinnPost.com. Built using Flash and AS3, this project was Ewen Media’s first interactive [...]
Times of Recession
In the midst of a broad-based recession affecting nearly all sectors of the economy, University of Minnesota student McKenna Ewen shows how the economic downturn has shaped his home state of Minnesota. Times of Recession
The best multimedia is the kind you can’t do – yet
Recently, when talking with multimedia journalist Jeff Achen, I was asked how young journalists could develop the skills necessary to compete in a new media environment. At the time, I wasn’t really sure. However, when I watched this video (see below), it all made sense. As a Minnesotan, I was born loving Herb Brooks’s famous [...]
