Multimedia excellence from the Emmys
I’ve spent the past couple of days checking out the nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards, especially those in the “New Approaches to News and Documentary” categories. Wow, what a group! These nominees have provided a pretty clear vision for the future of visual journalism – a future where storytelling meets interactivity – and it [...]
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 [...]
Storytelling advice from three different mediums
The Minnesota News Photographers Association held their 2010 convention this weekend highlighting some of the best in photojournalism. The convention has always been an interesting place to reflect on some of the changes in visual journalism with many of the attendees coming from a traditional newspaper background. For the final presentation at this year’s conference, [...]
The art of the baseball time-lapse video
1) Target Field opening day time lapse Ben Garvin – Pioneer Press See the Twins home opener in miniature compiling thousands of photos and using tilt-shift lenses. 2) World Series time lapse Robert Caplin – Freelance Photographer This is a time-lapse compilation of over 5,000 images taken from dozens of locations inside and outside of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Vikings-Packers: Beyond the victory
A photo recap of Monday night’s game. The Vikings won 30-23 and Brett Favre became the first player to defeat all 32 NFL teams. Originally produced for the Star Tribune. Photography by Carlos Gonzalez, Jerry Holt, Brian Peterson, Jeff Wheeler and McKenna Ewen.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Corporate sponsors for journalism
I recently came across this incredible video by Matt Harding. The video was both fun and creative, but after reading the back story on the project, it seems like there are a couple lessons that freelance journalists can learn from the video. First, before pitching the project, Harding already started working on his idea (demos, [...]
Times of Recession: Basic Needs
The Asian Meals on Wheels program, supported by the Neighborhood House in St. Paul, is the only program in the country to deliver culturally specific food to the Hmong community.
