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  • Five Lessons Newspapers have learned about video

    A Beet.Tv interview with Ann Derry, editorial director for video and television for the New York Times, and Shawn Bender, editorial director for video for the Wall Street Journal Online. Further proof of the importance of learning multimedia storytelling skills.

  • Your Portfolio on the web

    A good start pointing for thinking about what you should have, as a minimum on your website. It starts with the obvious – you MUST have a website!!  You are not just a journalist, or storyteller or photographer…you are a business. You need to promote yourself.

  • Video on the rise

    Two interesting reads. Gannett Blog, which follows the fate of the largest newspaper chain in the country, reports on a new initiative from Gannett to get reporters producing video. It’s something the company has tried before with mixed results. And it’s impossible to tell if this time will work, or exactly how it will work.…

  • Pretty good advice

    From blogger Adam Westbrook, good advice on making the most of your journalism education experience

  • 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…