October 27, 2005
Tampa's multimedia hurricane coverage ...
From TBO.com ...
Tracking Wilma: On The Road With Bill Ward
Tampa Tribune reporter Bill Ward is traveling the Tamiami Trail and the eclectic beach communities of Florida's southwest coast. In this exclusive TBO.com report, follow Ward's journey as he captures the sights and sounds through his online journal, photographs, 360-degree panoramas and video postcards.
Posted by Bob Benz at 08:05 AM | Comments (2)
October 23, 2005
Online journalism ... done right
With Hurricane Wilma heading head-on for the Florida Gulf Coast, Rob Curley's team is hitting on all cylinders.
Curley, you might remember, is the genius behind Lawrence.com. He now works for us in Naples and has been doing incredible things there. I'd strongly advise you to stop by the site and check it out this week. The video they're doing is phenomenal and they're doing a good mix of hard-hitting journalism and fun/interesting stuff as Naples battens down the hatches.
Here are a few lighlights:
- On the main page, notice how they're keeping prominent how far away the storm is and when it's expected to hit. Also, you'll notice a little image of Wilma Flintstone in the URL window of your browser if you're using Firefox.
- Submit your photos of funny hurricane signs. Nice way to let the community contribute and lighten things up a bit.
- Video galleries. Notice how high the production value is on these videos. Very professional.
- Look around the site yourself. If you find something cool (on the Naples site or any of the sites covering Wilma), post it in the comments so we can all take a look.
Posted by Bob Benz at 03:21 PM | Comments (1)
September 23, 2005
Flash as a journalistic tool
This story in Online Journalism Review should be of interest as you begin thinking about the multimedia story you'll be working on. (Remember the link I offered to Random This? That's another piece you should be looking at ...) Flash is a tool that most of our online newsrooms use in some way, shape or form.
An excerpt: "Want to put multimedia content on the Web? You’ll quickly find out that the free Flash player and the Flash authoring application top the list of solutions at most online news organizations."
Posted by Bob Benz at 08:54 AM | Comments (0)