I began my journalism career as a photojournalist in 1989, shooting black and white film. Each day I shot and processed rolls of Kodak’s famed Tri-X. I couldn’t imagine photography getting any better than that…and then it did.
In 1999 I got hold of my first digital camera and never looked back. I currently shoot with [...]

A few days ago Diversity Institute Visiting Scholar, Charles Pulliam came to my office and said, “I’m going to Joplin to cover the disaster.”
Initiative has never been a problem for Pulliam, an alum of several Freedom Forum Diversity Institute programs including the Chips Quinn Scholars (2008) and the American Indian Journalism Institute.
Pulliam left Nashville, headed [...]

Chip Quinn Scholar alums Danese Kenon (Fall 2000), Devin Wagner (Spring 2008) and Sarah Welliver (Summer 2007) have all produced documentary projects posted this week on the web.

Dipity.com is a free site that allows you to create and share time lines. You can also connect your Twitter, Facebook, Wordpress, Tumblr, Last.fm and other social media accounts to Dipity.

Links and resources from the 2010 Free Spirit New Media Technologies session with Val Hoeppner and Jack Marsh. Download the PDF.

This month I’m watching multimedia, photojournalism, free software websites and one hilarious YouTube video.

A list and links to compelling multimedia stories from Media Storm, New York Times, BBC, American Poverty.org and others.

“What I’m Watching” is a new feature of the Resources Blog. It is a way for the Multimedia Guru to share multimedia stories, online journalism and new technologies.

No budget for training? The Web is rife with resources for training staff and helping you do your job. Below are some of the links I shared at the Associated Press Photo Managers conference in St. Louis. Add your favorites to the comments section of this post.
When I needed to learn to edit video in [...]

The Washington Post video project, “Last Chance High School” tells the story of “candidates” at Freestate Challenge Academy in Maryland, a 17-month program that allows at-risk youth to receive military-style training and a GED.