Jason Pontin (writing in The New York Times on Sunday) anointed Pownce as the next great online thing:
What struck me most was the site’s potential to be powerfully disruptive. Most file-sharing occurs on public sites, which can be monitored by media companies; if the users violate copyrights, the sites or the users themselves […]

There’s a discussion over at SportsShooter.com that started when someone asked a question about Flash. The answers to the question (posted there) are good, but they got me thinking about something that bugs me a little.
A lot of people think they can learn a little Flash and then build a project right away.
I’m not saying […]

The managing editor of a medium-size daily newspaper recently asked my advice on how to train editors to mentor their reporters who are gathering multimedia assets for their stories. One bit of the advice I gave:
“A lot of breaking news is not going to warrant multimedia unless it’s, like, giant smoke clouds billowing out of […]

The Pew Internet & American Life Project published a 28-page report about online video this week, and posts by Melissa Worden and Steve Yelvington sum up some of the most interesting findings. The survey was conducted in February and March 2007, and almost 1,500 people took part.

For me, these findings about participation are very interesting. […]

Someone on the Online News Association “Talk” mailing list asked which video editing software is most commonly used. Curt Chandler, formerly the editor for online innovation and director of photography at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (and now a senior lecturer at Penn State), wrote an excellent, concise reply. I am reposting it here, with Curt’s permission:
Final […]

The publisher of a popular news Web site (Malaysia Today) was held by Malaysian police and questioned for eight hours yesterday, then released (brief report and comments here).
At issue: A claim that Raja Petra Kamarudin, editor of the Web site, is responsible for “postings and articles … [that] were disrespectful to the King and Islam, […]

Since I haven’t been able to beat WordPress into submission, I posted the videos on separate page. These were shot and edited entirely by me on-site during the four-day Travel Channel Academy workshop.
I’m not claiming any pride in the videos themselves, but I’m happy with what I learned.