http://mcopenmediacoventry.org Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:34:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/22/links-for-audio-online-podcasts-etc/ 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 ... http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/15/massing-the-future-of-journalism/ 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 ... http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/15/hans-rosling-access-to-public-data/ 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 ... http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/08/agrrrrrrrrrrrrr/ 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". http://mcopenmediacoventry.org/blog/2009/09/08/rss-test/