Wednesday, October 13, 2004
FINAL VOYAGEPhotojournalist Jen Friedberg's latest multimedia presentation is her strongest yet: a simple, touching photostory about the shipment of the bodies of four young Mexicans killed in a Texas traffic accident home to Mexico for burial. It also includes statistics on the number of Mexican workers who die in the U.S., and links to provide help to their families.
SOURCE: InteractiveNarratives.org. |
THE PODCASTING GAMELatest update on my podcasting Google game. The hit total as of 3:40 p.m. PDT today is 53,300, up from 46,500 less than 48 hours ago. Interestingly, in less than an hour this afternoon, the number of hits jumped by more than 100. Doc Searls, whose post on this a couple of weeks ago inspired my little Google time-waster, writes today:
Will it pass 100k tomorrow?
Of course, you realize this game is a little "self-referential." Every time I post an item about how many Google hits there are, I create another possible hit. So, to keep the results fair, you have to subtract about four or five from the 53,300 to discount my blatherings. |
CNN-STYLE "NEWS"Here's the formula: get a partisan from the Republicans, add a partisan from the Democrats, toss them a few softball questions and let them squabble. If all they do is "stay on message," don't call them on it. Let 'em match talking point for talking point, yell at each other a little and when it's over say "I thank you both for being here." Not too distressing the first time you see it, but when you see it in show after show, day after day, you have to wonder how anyone at CNN could consider this news, analysis or even debate.
And some wonder why mainstream media is stumbling. |
FOLLOWING STANLEYSt. Petersburg Times photojournalist Dirk Shadd spent the summer following the Stanley Cup around and the resulting photo-story is now up. In 43 photos and briefs bursts of text, Shadd presents a story that may surprise even hockey-mad Canadians. The photos are divided into section by player: Martin St. Louis in Vermont, Dave Andrechuk in Ontario, Brad Richards in PEI and Nolan Pratt, the last player to get the Cup. Most effective, and the longest, is the segment that follows Pavel Kubina, Martin Cibak and Stan Neckar to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Shadd shoots huge receptions, all-night celebrations (these guys can party) and even the Cup in a Catholic church during a mass. There are any number of delightful shots that may offend the hockey purists out there (dogs eating ice cream from the cup, a one-year-old perched on it, the Cup used as a cake plater), but these photos really show what the trophy means to the players.
Great photography and a great story. |
IRAN CRACKS DOWNAccording to Reuters:
Iranian authorities have arrested at least six Internet journalists and webloggers in recent days, colleagues and relatives said on Wednesday, in a further blow to limited press freedoms in the Islamic state... The hardline judiciary's muzzling of print media through the closure of some 100 publications in the last four years also meant the Internet became a haven for liberal journalists seeking a place to write.
SOURCE: Bertrand Pecquerie at editorsweblog.com. |
GROOVYBBC has published an interactive timeline that covers the 25-year history of rap music. As well providing snippets of information about significant points in the development of rap, there are 30-second sound samples that include the Sugarhill Gang (1979), Public Enemy (1988), 2Pac (1996) and 50 cent (2004). And there's a link to a BBC 1xtra interactive piece on great moments in hop-hop.
Neither piece is very deep, and I don't think rap and hip-hop fans will be surprised by anything there, but for old coots like me it's a nice, quick overview of the most significant music trend of the past quarter century. |
Last update: 11/1/04; 8:29:48 PM .
