Open Media http://mcopenmediacoventry.org Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Links for Audio Online Podcasts etc http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/22/links-for-audio-online-podcasts-etc/ http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/22/links-for-audio-online-podcasts-etc/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:34:33 +0000 admin http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/?p=42 I was asked this morning about podcasting. Things have moved on quickly over the past year or so and it is possible to hook into new online audio editing tools for producing quick podcasts. One such editor is called MYNA and can be found here.

Great for students editing, developing original soundtracks for podcasts or moving image. Can share by using Podomatic or your own blog.

You have 10 tracks, and can upload your own sound files, or record directly into the online application. They also a comprehensive library of sound files that you can use in your creations. You can download in a number of file formats & share by linking or embedding. Have a go.

A great resource for Journalists particularly are the bookmark streams of Paul Bradshaw who teaches Journalism and New Media at Birmingham his blog onlinejournalism is a really useful resource

Here are his bookmark streams from delicious on podcasting and audio. Any other resources either post them to your own blog or e-mail me and I can include them on the main blog.

Nick

]]> http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/22/links-for-audio-online-podcasts-etc/feed/ 0 Massing The Future of Journalism http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/15/massing-the-future-of-journalism/ http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/15/massing-the-future-of-journalism/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:52:36 +0000 admin http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/?p=40 A thoughtful article goes beyond the usual black and white oppositions.

Of all the dismal and discouraging numbers to have emerged from the world of newspapers—the sharp plunges in circulation, the dizzying fall-off in revenues, the burgeoning debt, the mounting losses—none seems as sobering as the relentless march of layoffs and buyouts. According to the blog Paper Cuts, newspapers lost 15,974 jobs in 2008 and another 10,000 in the first half of 2009. That’s 26,000 fewer reporters, editors, photographers, and columnists to cover the world, analyze political and economic affairs, root out corruption and abuse, and write about culture, entertainment, and sports.

]]> http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/15/massing-the-future-of-journalism/feed/ 0 Hans Rosling Access to Public Data http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/15/hans-rosling-access-to-public-data/ http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/15/hans-rosling-access-to-public-data/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:39:26 +0000 admin http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/?p=32 Hans Rosling has given some great talks at TED and has embarked, with Google funding, on extending the public use and visualisation of public funded data sets. To get a sense of the cultural importance of these projects have a watch of this documentary. You can also see the software in action in more detail at Gapminder.org

]]> http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/15/hans-rosling-access-to-public-data/feed/ 0 Rheingold beyond skills to literacies http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/08/agrrrrrrrrrrrrr/ http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/08/agrrrrrrrrrrrrr/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:08:30 +0000 admin http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/?p=21 Rheingold spoke about 21st century literacies at the Reboot Britain event in London, July, 2009. It is well worth listening to as it talks about useful methods for crap detection on the web, a sceptical attitude always useful in the wider world and in relation to any media source we encounter.

]]> http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/08/agrrrrrrrrrrrrr/feed/ 0 Busy Media Summer http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/08/rss-test/ http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/08/rss-test/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:58:50 +0000 admin http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/?p=15 Edinburgh TV Festival: Robert Peston’s Richard Dunn Memorial Lecture

The BBC’s Robert Peston debates the future of journalism in a recessionary world at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

Peston makes some interesting points and raises some important questions about the “total journalist”.

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