http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources Resources and insights, brought to you by Val Hoeppner, the Multimedia Guru Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:02:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Links and resources from the 2010 Free Spirit New Media Technologies session with Val Hoeppner and Jack Marsh. Download the PDF. http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2010/03/12/free-spirit-2010-links-and-resources/ This month I'm watching multimedia, photojournalism, free software websites and one hilarious YouTube video. At Work The Big Picture Blog at Boston.com is still one of my favorite photo blogs. Alan Taylor is a developer at Boston.com and posts entries Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week. The Polygamists National Geographic now posts photo galleries ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2010/02/04/what-im-watching-feb-2010/ Surfing the North Carolina Coast Beautiful black and white surf images from Chris Bickford and the New York Times Travel section. Americanpoverty.org Excellent photo essays from photojournalists around the country. From the website, "In Our Own Backyard is an organization of photojournalists committed to the cause of social justice in the United States. Our ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2009/12/08/what-im-watching-and-reading-dec-2009/ "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. Feel free to add your favorite multimedia stories to the comment section below. Audio slide show: Frozen Land, Forgotten People In 1966, Bureau of ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2009/11/10/what-im-watching-nov-2009/ 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 ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2009/10/29/free-and-cheap-online-training-blogs-and-more/ 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. The story, shot by Whitney Shefte, is held together by two strong characters and a ton ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2009/08/28/watch-this-a-lesson-in-characters-and-b-roll/ Aug. 24, 2009 Links to free websites and applications for producing multimedia Audacity is a free, open-source audio editing software. Organize your audio files in one folder and save often. Max is a free audio converter. Use Max to convert WMA files, WAV files and others to mp3s for easy audio editing. Editing ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2009/08/24/update-free-or-cheap-multimedia-software-and-websites/ Let the sun shine in. The U.S. Senate has joined the U.S. House in allowing XML or raw data feeds of members’ votes. Who cares? If you are an online journalist (aren’t we all?) then this is a way for you to efficiently track how your state’s representatives in Washington ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2009/05/08/enhance-your-reporting-with-xml-data-feeds/ What happens in Vegas only stays in Vegas if it is not caught on video. Sarah Welliver, an American Indian Journalism Institute alum and Chips Quinn Scholar, attended the 2008 APME and APPM conferences in Las Vegas as a member of the student multimedia project administered ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2009/04/07/viva-las-vegas-video/ April 14-16, 2009, Crazy Horse Memorial, Black Hills, South Dakota Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Registration at Crazy Horse Memorial. Participants must arrive by 4 p.m. 1 to 4 p.m. Registration. Students and their advisers, conference mentors, staff and presenters register for conference. Each student participant must complete a written registration form and online ... http://freedomforumdiversity.org/resources/2009/04/02/10th-annual-native-american-journalism-career-conference/