Voices from the Future of Journalism
Forty of the country’s top college journalists traveled to the Poynter Institute in May 2009 for an intensive multimedia bootcamp. During the fellowship, Greg Linch, Nic Barajas and I asked the group why they’re pursuing careers in journalism and what the future holds.
We have collected their responses and built them into a Web site to [...]
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 [...]
Learning online video from the “White Castle lady”
Here’s a link to my Other Future of News (#ofon) presentation on “making the most of online video.” Please take a look and let me know what you think!
The Other Future of News conference took place on December 12, 2009, and was a response to MPR’s Future of News event that took place earlier this [...]
Welcome back to campus
The Gophers opened up their football season with a 20-13 victory over Air Force in the first game ever played at TCF Bank stadium.
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
Nominated for an Emmy!
Ewen Media has been nominated for an Upper Midwest Regional Emmy nomination for its latest project, Times of Recession. This is the organization’s first Emmy nomination and a tremendous honor to be associated with some of the top journalists in the Upper Midwest region. This is a very exciting moment and it’s great to see [...]
Twinkie sales at the fair
State Fair salesman Sean Leake stirs up interest in his deep-fried Twinkies.
TCF Bank Stadium debut
Fans watched the Gophers play, for the first time, in the team’s new football stadium as part of the team’s annual preseason scrimmage.
Times of Recession: Second Hand
Childhood friends Cullen Donovan and David Schuster are starting up the Twin Cities’ newest thrift store, the Lost and Found.
Times of Recession: Finding Home
New homeowner Laura Weir of Minneapolis has been saving up for the day she could move into her own house since her college graduation.
Weir, 23, lived with her parents after graduation and managed to set aside enough money to recently purchase a foreclosed home off Lake Nokomis for $150,000.
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The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home required $6,000 [...]
