Archive for July, 2008
This Just In—from GroundReport.com
A blogging friend forwarded this email today from GroundReport.com:
Global citizen journalism website GroundReport.com is looking to for Middle East correspondents and we were wondering if you could spread the word to the bloggers you feature on your site. We think it would be a great way for both us and them to reach out to [...]
Digital Audio & Video Editing
There are two main distinctions between editing digital audio and video and analog audio and video (you know, magnetic reel-to-reel tape and celluloid film).
The digital editing process is:
1. Nondestructive
2. Nonlinear
Editing both audio and video comprises a sequence of decisions that will produce an infinite number of unique variations that vary according to the author’s voice.
There [...]
Editing Adham with Audacity
Adham Najdi is a young Lebanese man who was severely injured by a cluster bomb that exploded near his grandfather’s house in Srifa, Lebanon, after the July War of 2006. I interviewed Adham on several occasions. The sample audio file we’ll use comes from one of these interview. I edited Adham’s interview down to about [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )We’re Learning About Image Sizes for the Web
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What Arab Journalists Say It’s Their Job to Do
A recent survey of 601 Arab journalists revealed that about three-quarters of them believe it is their job to encourage political reform. Sixty-six percent think it is their duty to educate the public, and 60 percent consider it right to use the news for social good.
The survey was conducted by Lawrence Pintak, director of the [...]
