Multimedia
789 South, Wyoming
Last week Jackie and I took a road trip to Thermopolis for a story, and on the way back we drove through the Wind River Canyon.
Early morning light, Bon Iver on the iPod. Doesn’t get better than that.
Cora’s Community Heart
Last week, I worked on a story with Star-Tribune (and fellow Mizzou alum) Kelsey Dayton about Cora, Wyoming’s post office, which is being considered for closure by the U.S. Postal Service in order to cut costs. In Cora (which has about 75 residents) the building is more than a mailbox, it’s the center, and only significant building, in town.
Faith, the cowboy way
A small piece about Corey Ross, a cowboy preacher who’s ministering at this year’s College National Finals Rodeo.
Khadafy
So far, Wyoming hasn’t disappointed when it comes to interesting stories. Last week, I was sent to a ranch in central Wyoming to meet a legendary bucking horse named Khadafy Skoal. I’ll be the first to admit that I know nothing about rodeo, let alone the legends who’ve competed in it.
Khadafy is a legend. Like a Babe Ruth-type legend. For real.
I got within 15 feet of him at one point. I could see the look in his eyes saying, “Just who the hell are you?”
Very cool. Anyway, here’s the video story I did on him. Still working out this whole “multimedia” thing, but it’s amazing how much you learn when everyday you’re doing something you never have done before. It’s quite the challenge.
Don’t Wig Out
Multimedia of the complete absurdness of that night is soon to follow. Check back soon.
A little holiday cheer
I just finished a group project for one of my classes…a little multimedia piece about a holiday festival here in Columbia.
And I thought I’d post another one from the project…Here’s Heather again, checking her voicemail before heading out to perform during the festival.
The Classmate Project
I recently finished an audio slideshow for my Electronic Photojournalism class, which involved some photo elicitation from myself about my classmate project.
Check it out and let me know what you think.
Also, wear some headphones. The audio is a little low. (Grr…)
Train to the North
Check out this audio slideshow by photographer Jacquelyn Martin about Central American migrants and the challenges they face as they head north through Mexico, and eventually to the United States.
These migrants aren’t walking, though. They’re jumping aboard freight trains to get to their destination, which adds a whole new level of danger to their journey.
Voices of the future
I came across this today on Poynter.org, a Web site for any and all things journalism.
It’s not obvious at first, but a voiceover can either make or break a multimedia presentation. In the article, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Tom Opdyke offers some tips for making the best voiceover possible, since more and more of us reporter and photographer types will probably be responsible for our own voiceovers of podcasts and audio slideshows.
It’s something that we’ll definately have to take into consideration as more and more newspapers and TV Web sites move towards more podcasts and audio slideshows.