Notes from the Edge

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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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NAA Report on Online Video

By Paul Grabowicz, May 15, 2008

The Newspaper Association of America has a really good report on how newspapers are and should be using online video. Lots of interesting data and examples, advice on how to shoot video and recommendations on cameras and accessories.

Online Startups by Former Newspaper Staffers

By Paul Grabowicz, April 24, 2008

Former staffers at the St. Louis Post Dispatch are launching their own online newspaper - the St. Louis Platform. Here's a story about it in the Chicago Reader.

We're beginning to see a trend here - reporters and editors quitting their newspaper jobs or taking buyouts and launching online alternatives to their former employers. MinnPost, founded by a former Minneapolis ...