Over the past few days I’ve been looking at the way that the broadsheet newspapers in the UK use video.  That meant The Times, The Telegraph, The FT and The Guardian all got a picking over.
Today, I wanted to look at what we can take away from what they do - good and bad. So [...]

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In search of options for capturing and producing quality HD imagery | B&H Photo Video Pro Audio
B&H do a review of the PMW-EX3. Cheers to Dave DG for the tip
(tags: video training sony camera pmw-ex3)

Things To Consider When Using WordPress as a CMS | Devlounge
An honest and thourough assessment of what you need to consider [...]

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Over the last few days I’ve been looking at how the UK broadsheets are using video. I’ve cast my eye over The Times, The Telegraph and the FT.com and now it’s Wednesday so it must be the Guardians turn for a review of their video efforts.
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The Guardians has a clearly visible section for video and [...]

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I would normally stick this in my daily links but one of the comments made me smile and it’s cool, so I thought I would share.
Theodore Watson is running what sounds like a fantastic class called ‘The Make Class’. It’s about “making stuff! It is also about sharing the process!”. They make everything from [...]

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News reaches me through the feeds - that multistrand thism of knowledge - that the NCTJ are creating a new arm called the  ‘Journalism Qualifications Board’. For those outside the UK the NCTJ is the National council for the training of Journalists (newspaper).
The new board will bring together…
the NCTJ’s chief examiners for each of its [...]

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A Fix for Youtube Audio Compression Abuse at FreshDV
A top tip on better audio range from youtube video
(tags: audio youtube compression)

Straight To The Point: Over 200 ideas already submitted in UK Government competition
James casts his eye over the entrants to a UK comp for using data in a web2.0 way. Worth a look for all [...]

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There has been a mixed reaction to the unveiling of the Star-Ledger live video show - Ledger Live.

It’s a short presenter lead bulletin that aims to…
bring people into the newsroom each day for a quick take of the day’s top news, a dose of some good video stories, and a sampling of comments and contributions [...]

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This is very cool but apart from looking at a globe it seems like one of those cool technologies looking for a use.

Still looks very cool.

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