NY Times archives open
I learned from one of my favorite blogs, Ponto Media–a Portuguese-language blog about Web journalism–that The New York Times has opened its archives of the last twenty years for online readers. They have done away with their Times Select subscription program.
As pointed out by António Granado, the first mention, in print, of the Web was on February 28, 1993.
New media, same old journalism
With the changing scope of journalism, there are still some core ideas that run the table. Paul Bradshaw, author of The Online Journalism Blog, gives 10 helpful hints to help you be the best journalism student you can be.
These hints are not just for aspiring journalists. As news writers we are constantly learning about the world around us. Journalists are students forever.
Old friends help teach new media
*Updates: more videos by Joel Graff
Joel Graff, formerly a videographer at the Sun-Sentinel, is the new chief videographer for Florida Today.
Graff is a veteran of video. He taught me a lot of things about journalism–specifically about being a videographer.
Graff owned his own video media company before working at the Sun-Sentinel. While at the Sun-Sentinel he was the co-director of video, though that was not his official title.
While with Graff he told me what he thought was both a step forward and a step backward in bringing video to readers through the Internet. He explained that the more reporters and print journalists that they gave cameras to, the less video he himself got to shoot. Graff’s skills that ranged from reporting, to videography, to digital editing, were stifled. As one of the only video editors, he was forced to edit the video taken by print journalists in their reporting endeavors instead of taking his own video.
Graff was presumably against the idea of the “backpack” journalist. He felt videos needed to be taken by videographers and pictures by photographers.
He was often heard saying, “I’m stuck trying to make chicken soup out of chicken crap,” when referring to having to edit video that he considered to be sub-par due to lack of proper training.
We’ll soon see how different the move from a TribInc. paper to a Gannet paper is. As for Graff, his skills will surely complement the young staff in Melbourne, Fla.
Here are some of the latest videos I could find that Graff had a hand in:
Wow
Don’t believe me? Try it yourself.
*Update*
Until a few hours ago, that link took you to the University of Florida’s official Web site. It was a clever move in my opinion.
“Don’t Tase me bro” = newest catch phrase?
Because that link isn’t that funny anymore, look at some of the things that have popped up recently:
- TheAndrewMeyer.com
- University of Florida Taser incident (Wikipedia)
- “Don’t Tase me, Bro” T-shirts
- T-Shirts #2
- Bro-on-Bro taser violence reaches all-time high (Uncyclopedia)
As for the video below, is it too soon? No, it took too long.
Video helps stand up for the first amendment
A student from the University of Florida was Tasered Monday after his disruptive behavior at a town forum meeting with Democratic Sen. John Kerry. Articles about the incident can be read from The Independent Florida Alligator and The Gainesville Sun.
On The Gainesville Sun’s Web site there is some very disturbing video of the incident. Andrew Meyer, a journalism student, was punished for asking questions that the people around him didn’t want to ask or be asked. I believe that Meyer was indeed being disorderly but did not deserve to be arrested–let alone Tasered.
My opinions aside, video has allowed this story to be told and dispersed in a way and with a speed that was not possible before the internet. Online media trumps television again by giving the readers longer, faster and more in-depth coverage.
Here is more video and coverage of the event:
