It's all how you treat people

Interesting NPR story about a guy that was robbed by a kid but then took a turn for a life lesson.

Newspapers are not the only ones hurting

CBS4 is slashing and burning their staff as well. I had talked with a reporter a few weeks ago and it sounded like it was rocky, but this confirms it. But to layoff the NPPA Video Editor of the Year? Awesome...

UPDATE: NPPA has a bigger story on TV cuts.

Maybe it is time to panic

An American Journalism Review article about why, and more importantly HOW, newspapers need to be bolder to regain their position atop the information pyramid.

Photoshop Express

Adobe is jumping into the online photo foray with Photoshop Express. You can get free account to upload, edit, tone, etc. and then share the photos in other social networking sites.

So you want to be an artist?

A fun site to play with and act like you are Jackson Pollock.

Thanks to Photog Kasia Broussalian for the link.

Quoted

"I have a morbid sense of curiousity to see how bad things can really get here."

A fellow staffer at the Camera on the state of the paper after hearing about the possibility of more cutbacks.

New Breed of Pjs

Another from MultimediaShooter.com

A photo blog of some interesting work from newer photojournalists as well as interviews.

Photo Gallery Maps

So you have a bunch of photos that you want to take and make an interactive map like this.

Here's how you do it for free and fairly easily. The example is a bit clunky but if you can edit HTML you can hack it apart and make it sing.
Found on MultimediaShooter.com

Adobe Online Video Seminars

There's a few options to learn about the Adobe player, DRM of the player, advertising with it and other things. Sounds interesting, even if it is a glorified sales pitch.

Multimedia Essentials

Mindy McAdams presents some good tips on multimedia, once again. I guess it helps that she's an online journalism professor at U of Florida.

Make your blog better

When I get a chance I'm going to implement a couple of these tips. Now, just need that time...

Lessons from a contest

The NPPA Best of Photojournalism contest judging is in full-swing. Here's an outlet to learn from it all.

Journalism Dinosaurs

Dean Baquet, the guy that was canned at the LA Times for fighting even MORE cutbacks, says it all in about a minute. Once again, how the hell do we fix the business model?

Where the hell is the new business model?

The news biz has been saying "we need to change the business model" for nearly five years now. They've been screaming it from the hilltops, yet all we hear is the roaring sound of the bottom falling out of the business. Ad based revenue is looking like it's in the ICU with severe brain damage.
Here's a blog post with several links to interesting ideas that must be blocked from view of the C-level folks or they were busy in St. Croix.

Life and Death of the Newspaper

A really long story by The New Yorker about the state of the biz and the rise of blogosphere. The writer also highlights the fact that without the reporters, photographers and editors of all these papers many blogs wouldn't have much to post about...