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I’m doing more training at the moment and whilst chatting about editing  I was reminded of a clip I had from Charlie Brooker’s Screen Wipe programme. As an intro to the impact editing has it’s pretty good and the reality show example is great. 
Someone else has uploaded it to Youtube so give it a watch [...]

How newspapers can kill the radio star (or how to read your newspaper while driving to work)
Inksniffer likes the idea that newspapers could be as dissruptive to radio as they are (still trying) to be to TV
(tags: radio convergence podcast journalism print audio)

Videojournalism: How-to implement it and why newspapers can beat TV - Editors Weblog- [...]

Update: Read my  review of imovie08 to see if it lived up to my expectations…
The new version of imovie is out and it looks great. In particular the way you can interact with thumbnails by ’skimming’ them.

Watch the video on the Apple web site and prepare to go ‘oooooooh’

A great video from CommonCraft that explains  social networking (via Robin Hamman)
This video is focused on Del.icio.us, but you could also try social bookmarking sites like Magnolia or Furl.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU[/youtube]

How-Do - Asian News closes print edition - North West Media News
“Asian News, the MEN Media owned free monthly paper which circulates in Greater Manchester and East Lancashire, has ceased publishing its print edition.” - maybe one to watch for a paper come back if the community buys the digital step.
(tags: newspapers print online digital [...]

I have loads of stuff to catch up on this week, waiting accusingly in my google newsreader box. But I just wanted to post a little about a concept that is striking me as a growing area as I’ve been browsing around.
We should let the audience make the content. We should just print it [...]

Good and bad news for online video : the x degree: exploring and redefining multimedia storytelling
From Paul Bradshaw.
(tags: onlinejournalism onlinevideo youtube videojournalism)

Welcome to Public Multimedia, Inc.
Worth keeping an eye on
(tags: multimedia social media Crowdsourcing)

The problem is not the medium - it’s the message « Online Journalism Blog
Newspapers need to realise they are increasingly a service [...]

Chicago Tribune Editors speaks out on video
“We are doing more with video because it gives us another way to tell a story.” A good post with loads of examples (via Angela Grant)
(tags: video newspaper)

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