Nov
23
Wrapping up the week with these:
- Raven and Jason. Rafal Gerszak’s nine-minute video documentary, for the Globe & Mail newspaper, is stunning, engrossing and touching, an example of how newspapers can use video to tell compelling stories. This is video storytelling unlike anything you’ll see on your local TV station or, in most cases, at your local newspaper’s website, which is a shame. (Warning: the language is rough.)
- In Telegraph Creek, Bonds Are Strong. This feature from the Tyee shows all that is good about the photo essay and all that’s weak about the form: Claire Martin’s striking images from the tiny northwest B.C. community open the door to a vital place and people few of us will ever see. At the same time, they leave us hungry for more of the story.
- Shift from print/tv to web. Julien at Trinetizen pulls out a couple of studies that show how the times are changing. One, from Europe, suggests a major switch from TV and newspapers to the ‘net over the next several years.
- 20th Century Fox having bad reviews pulled off YouTube. Another example of why Canada, where we are apparently on the verge of new copyright legislation, should steer well clear of what the insanity the Americans have unleashed.
