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Observations on digital media by the faculty and staff of the Knight Digital Media Center at UC Berkeley.

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The News Leadership 3.0 weblog by the Knight Digital Media Center at USC Annenberg.

Shreveport Times Mashup

By Scot Hacker, May 11, 2009

RustonFellow Scott Anderson, video and technology editor for The Times in Shreveport, Louisiana shares with us a Google Map he produced offering locations of hurricane shelters to the public and which ones were over-capacity during Hurricane Gustav.

Detroit Free Press Video

By Scot Hacker, May 11, 2009

Fellow Eric Seals, photographer and multimedia producer for the Detroit Free Press produced this fantastic video on local coach Courtney Hawkins of Flint (MI) Beecher High School.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch Videos

By Scot Hacker, May 11, 2009

dispatchFellow Penelope Carrington, multimedia reporter for the The Richmond Times-Dispatch, shared with us some videos she produced for her paper during the recent inauguration ceremonies. Check out her videos  (She produced "Virginians grasp a piece of history", "Outside the Mall", and "Early Morning").

J-Lab announces Knight Batten Award

By Jeremy Rue, April 20, 2009

Our good friends over at J-Lab, located at American University's School of Communication in Washington D.C., have announced their Knight-Batten Awards for innovation in Journalism.

March 2009 Workshop Projects

By Scot Hacker, April 1, 2009

It's amazing what a group of determined journalists can create in one week of intensive multimedia training. Multimedia projects created by our March 2009 fellows are now available for public viewing, and include coverage of The Center for Independent Living, Games of Berkeley, The Alameda Point Collaborative, and Urban Ore.

March 2009 Workshop Webcasts

By Scot Hacker, March 22, 2009

Our March 22-27 Multimedia Training Workshop for journalists has just wrapped up.  If you weren't able to attend, we've posted most of our noon and evening speakers as live webcasts. This week's featured presenters included Robert Long and Lucia Blackwell of Delaware's News Journal, Richard Koci-Hernandez on "The Golden Age of Journalism," and Mark Briggs' "Journalists ...

Mobile Coupons Show Promise

By Jeremy Rue, March 18, 2009

One fashion retailer has shown some very impressive results from a mobile coupon campaign recently. Could this model work for other businesses?

Turning Off the Presses at the P-I

By Jerry Monti, March 17, 2009

Celebrating the end of the print edition of the Seattle P-I... 

Alumni Toast Barbie's 50th Birthday with a Multimedia Package

By Shilanda Woolridge, March 17, 2009

Barbie's not just a doll, she's an icon.

Two of our Knight multimedia workshop alumni from The Richmond Times-Dispatch created an informative Flash project that celebrates Barbie's impact on the lives of women.

Announcing the KDMC Newsletter

By Scot Hacker, March 4, 2009

Want to stay abreast of KDMC news, events, announcements and useful links? We've launched a brand new newsletter, which we'll be sending out monthly. Newsletter subscriptions are open to the public. To sign up, please visit the KDMC-News subscription page.

New York Times Goes Local

By Jerry Monti, March 2, 2009

New York Times goes hyper-local and actively seeks UGC. What is your publication doing?

Should Journalists Be On Twitter, Facebook, or Both?

By Scot Hacker, March 2, 2009

Journalists exploring the use of social networks may wonder whether it makes more sense for them to be on Facebook or Twitter. Short answer: The two networks serve different purposes and different audiences, and you probably want to be on both.  

The culture of Facebook is primarily about making connections with people one has actually known. This, combined with the ...

Five Ways Newspapers Can Improve Online Ads

By Jeremy Rue, February 27, 2009

I truly believe online advertisers need to get out of this mindset of bargain tabloid-style ads that flash and basically annoy people, and start thinking about ways they can offer a service to the communities they serve. First we must ask ourself one question; why don't online ads work?

February Webcasts Now Available

By Scot Hacker, February 24, 2009

We've just finished up the February 2009 Technology Tools Training Workshop, which included a lineup of excellent panels and talks by industry experts. In case you weren't able to join us or catch the webcasts live, we've posted the archived video from this week's workship as streaming webcasts.

Convenience in News Delievery

By Jeremy Rue, February 11, 2009

Craigslist made is simple for people to post classifieds; iTunes made is simple for people to buy music. How can we make it easier for people to advertise, post classifieds or just get the news and information they want?

Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets

By Scot Hacker, February 10, 2009

HTML is for setting the logical markup of documents on the web, but has nothing to do with how those documents appear - that's a job for Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS. Our new CSS 101 tutorial provides an introduction to the fundamentals of document decoration with CSS.

Jan '09 Alum Produces Multimedia Inauguration Blog Posts

By Shilanda Woolridge, February 4, 2009

Heather Charles, Knight multimedia workshop alumna and photojournalist for the The Indianapolis Star, shared some blog posts with photo galleries, a slide show and map mashup documenting her trip from President Obama's home town to the inauguration in Washington D.C.

USC News Entrepreneurs' Boot Camp

By Shilanda Woolridge, February 2, 2009

The Knight Digital Media Center in partnership with USC Annenberg School for Communication, the Center for Communication Leadership and the Online Journalism Review is accepting applications for its special News Entrepreneur Boot Camp to be held May 16-21, 2009, in Los Angeles.

GateHouse vs. The New York Times

By Scot Hacker, January 30, 2009

When a site publishes an RSS feed, are rights of reproduction automatically implied? Can any site embed any other site's RSS feeds into itself, or is RSS only meant for "personal consumption?" The case of GateHouse vs. The New York Times has far-reaching implications for the sharing of headlines and ledes between sites.

May '08 alum showcases inauguration videos

By Jeremy Rue, January 29, 2009

Penelope Carrington, Knight multimedia workshop alumna and a multimedia reporter for the The Richmond Times-Dispatch, shared with us some videos she produced for her paper during the recent inauguration ceremonies.

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