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5 more great free multimedia tools for journalists & non-profits

Dan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:08:52 +0000

I recently wrote about 40-ish free multimedia tools for the backpack journalist … (or charities with the passion to connect, but not the cash). Thanks. I enjoyed your responses as much as I did writing it. Especially the email from Francisco Javier Garcia (who, incidentally, is leading an interesting Wordpress-based education project in his native Spain), [...] Related posts:

Fast, free and easy podcasting with Podbean & PodOmatic

Dan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:12:28 +0000

This week, I was speaking about podcasting to a group of social enterprise entrepreneurs. These are the heroes and heroines of our communities, in my opinion, yet even those who knew what a podcast was were nervous that the technology might be beyond them. So for those I met at the UnLtd/Media Trust event (and maybe [...] Related posts:

Podcasting on iTunes: How to test your feed and ping for updates

Dan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:28:41 +0000

• This post follows an introduction to podcasting using Podbean and PodOmatic. When you’ve created your first podcast it’s a good idea to test the feed before submitting it to iTunes. To do this: 1. VALIDATE YOUR FEED: Copy your RSS feed (Podbean: Go to Upload/Media Manager and click on the file. PodOmatic: Click on the My [...] Related posts:

Want to get into inbound marketing? Start with a massage

Dan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:11:48 +0000

Last night was the first meet-up of the London Inbound Marketing Group, at the Piano and Pitcher in Holborn. Great bunch of people who ventured from Ipswich, Cambridge, Dublin and just round the corner to chat about blogging, social media and the business of getting found online. I also enjoyed the personal attention of a rather [...] Related posts:

UMapper: The easy mapping tool for all seasons

Dan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:18:41 +0000

I re-visited user-friendly mapping tool UMapper this week, after an email from them announcing the official launch of their whizz-bang weather maps. Creating a UMapper live weather map really is a piece of cake. Just log into UMapper, choose the weather template, zoom in on the area you want to display, save, and copy the resulting [...] No related posts.

Medium Rare: The bite-sized media & learning brunch

Dan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:08:33 +0000

You’re reading Medium Rare. Bite-sized media and learning news to go. On the menu today: The top YouTube videos of all time Why journalism academics must learn from multimedia reporters Why newspaper articles are just too long Eight news media trends for 2010 The complete guidebook to web searching MORNING COFFEE The top YouTube videos of all time BLOGWATCH Why journalism academics must learn [...] No related posts.

The missing link in video editing: Why we need iMovie for PC

Dan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:15:32 +0000

If you’re interested in journalism education, or video editing, I recommend to you the conversation going on over at Mindy McAdams’ excellent blog. She’s comparing video editing platforms available for educators and learners. And that’s the point. There just isn’t ONE that does the job. It’s plain bonkers. As every educator and editor I know has been [...] Related posts:

Baby Hamad proves that journalism is a labour of love

Dan — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:16:51 +0000

I have to show you this gorgeous picture of baby Hamad, whose mother – a journalist – has attended three of the courses I’ve run in Abu Dhabi. Well, two and a half courses, actually. Because Hamad was born a couple of days into a recent multimedia course at the city’s twofour54 training academy. You didn’t need [...] Related posts:

Multimedia journalism Lesson 1: It’s about people, not technology

40-ish free multimedia tools for the backpack journalist … (or charities with the passion to connect, but not the cash)

Dan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:23:58 +0000

In addition to my media consultancy work with the Thomson Foundation, I’m currently supporting non-profit organisations whose passions span helping make life better for schoolchildren in Ghana and carers in Wales. Many of those I work with, especially charities, don’t have access to expensive multimedia gear. In fact, what they really want is cheap, a fast [...] Related posts:

Multimedia journalism Lesson 1: It’s about people, not technology

Dan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:50:37 +0000

I was intrigued by the story of a couple of historians who walked 350 miles, following the footsteps of King Harold in 1066. Their trek from York to Hastings traced, loosely, the route of Harold and his army after beating off a Norwegian invasion then immediately setting off south for his fateful meeting with William. Here’s the [...] Related posts: