{"id":2834,"date":"2009-09-08T12:31:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T17:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=2834"},"modified":"2022-05-13T14:41:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T19:41:46","slug":"a-multimedia-guide-for-journalists-and-everyone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/08\/a-multimedia-guide-for-journalists-and-everyone-else\/","title":{"rendered":"A multimedia guide for journalists &#8212; and everyone else"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alcomm\/217097889\/\" title=\"MacBook keyboard by alcomm, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/83\/217097889_0c2077ecf6.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"MacBook keyboard\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mindy McAdams <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170616120138\/http:\/\/mindymcadams.com:80\/tojou\/2009\/now-printable-reporters-guide-to-multimedia-proficiency\/\">compiled 15 blog posts<\/a> into a single <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jou.ufl.edu\/faculty\/mmcadams\/PDFs\/RGMPbook.pdf\">pdf file<\/a> to create a great primer about blogging, videos, pictures, podcasting &#8212; and why you ought to be learning it all.<\/p>\n<p>McAdams wrote this guide for journalists but it&#8217;s useful for anyone who wants to tell stories in the multimedia world and make connections with people. The guide includes tips from Angela Grant at News Videographer, my former colleague at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysa.com\">Express-News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/10\/top-five-books-every-student-journalist-should-own\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top five books every student journalist should own right now<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I stumbled across this guide thanks to a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scrowell\/status\/3838792875\">tweet<\/a> sent out today by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scrowell\">Susan Crowell<\/a>. Who says Twitter is a waste of time?<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alcomm\/\">flickr.com\/photos\/alcomm<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindy McAdams compiled 15 blog posts into a single pdf file to create a great primer about blogging, videos, pictures, podcasting &#8212; and why you ought to be learning it all. 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