Monthly Archives: October 2008
Koci: Story of a multimedia guru
Guru: Teacher of wisdom, literally, one who takes you from darkness to light. Richard Koci Hernandez seems to fit that description in the realm of multimedia. I first met him at an ACP conference in San Francisco last spring. It … Continue reading
Posted in multimedia, new media, people, photography | Tagged berkeley, hernandez, koci, mercury news, multimedia, photography, photojournalism, photojournalist, richard, san jose | 5 Comments
Facebook: A newspaper's best and worst friend
Guest blog by Ryan Chartrand The problem Newspapers have made some pretty desperate moves in the last few years. They’ve cut pages, cut staff, cut paychecks, but then decided to try to add social networking to their Web sites. Sure, … Continue reading
Posted in cal poly, internet, journalism, random | Tagged communities, facebook, newspaper, rob curley | 5 Comments
Teaching audio slideshows in the newsroom
Richard Koci Hernandez, an Emmy-winning multimedia photojournalist who just left the SJ Mercury News to work at Berkeley, said the switch from the newsroom to the classroom was easy. “I was already teaching in the newsroom, so it was a … Continue reading
Posted in how-to, multimedia | Tagged audio slideshow, how-to, soundslides, teach | Leave a comment
Take better photos: Rule of thirds
You’ve probably heard old photography rule of thumb, but do you understand it? I always thought the “rule of thirds” meant to compose your subject into one of three evenly-split sections, either horizontally or vertically. As I quickly learned in … Continue reading
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Google tools to use in the newsroom
Google Calendars Things to schedule: Budget meetings Deadlines Must-cover events Special editions Why it’s useful: Can be shared with everyone on staff Collaborative – everyone can contribute Embeddable Google Documents What to use it for? Stories: If the newsroom server … Continue reading
Posted in college publications, internet, journalism | Tagged google, newsroom, tools | 1 Comment
Make your résumé reflect your talent… visually
If you know a thing or two about graphic/web design, make your résumé mirror your knowledge. When a “new media” journalist has a résumé made off a Microsoft Word template, it shows nothing about the creativity that person has. I … Continue reading
Posted in design, how-to, journalism | Tagged design, graphic, resume | 3 Comments
Twitter election center is amazing
I have never experienced anything like watching live comments on a VP debate as it happens: http://election.twitter.com/ Web 2.0 is truly amazing… More on this later…
Posted in cal poly, internet, politics | Tagged amazing, election, live, twitter | Leave a comment
Update: Chicago Tribune redesigns, drops "Trib" rumor
The big Chicago Tribune redesign has been released and, not surprisingly, it’s not the version that was heavily circulated around the Web that featured the title “Trib.” Here are a few before and afters: A prototype that surfaced the web … Continue reading
Posted in design, internet, journalism | Tagged change, design, newspaper, web | Leave a comment
Blog tip #2: Write it down
While walking to class, taking a jog or driving to the store, you probably always find yourself coming up with great topics to blog about. The only problem: six hours later, you have no idea what those topics were. So, … Continue reading
Posted in blog tips | Tagged blog tip, write | 3 Comments