Author: will
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One possible future
National Geographic photographer ditches web for iPad What is the future for photography? Is there a business model that allows, er, could possibly, provide, er…is there a business model? I doubt we can all sell iPad apps of our work – unless our mothers buy a lot of them. But if the culture of the…
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Finding the right news mix
An interesting read on niemanlab.org on ProPublica. ProPublica is perhaps best known as the non-profit site for serious investigative journalism. Funded by donations and support from a foundation they hope to provide the indepth reporting many news organizations can no longer afford. But as the article points out their website also contains a lot of…
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50 Writing tips
What I really like about these, besides being useful as a writing tool, is how well most of them line up with multimedia storytelling. For example: 8. Establish a pattern, then give it a twist. 10. Cut big, then small. 14. Get the name of the dog. 22. Climb up and down the ladder of…
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There is hope
Robert Krulwich, the amazing journalist and radio producer and member of RadioLab, gave the commencement speech to Berkeley Journalism School’s Class of 2011. I thought it was both a hopeful and honest appraisal of what it takes to be a journalist in this age.
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Words worth reading
The May 16, 2011 The New Yorker has a fascinating article by Anthony Lane about Pixar and what makes them tick. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on your thoughts about paywalls) you have to pay to read it, or visit the library. I loved the description about why they are so successful, and Lane is a…