Tag Archives: Video

A simple web-to-print workflow using Google Docs, WordPress and InDesign

By Julie Starr | Published: June 27, 2011

An interesting video below explains a simple web-to-print workflow used by the Bangor Daily News (Maine, US). Thanks to William P Davis, online editor for bangordailynews.com, for sharing it on Screenr. The reporters write in Google Docs using a very simple markup to indicate a headline. Editors use Comments for notes about accompanying images, points [...]

Posted in Journalism, Newsroom Workflows | Also tagged Google Docs, InDesign, Journalism, news, newsroom integration, newsroom worflows, web-to-print workflows, wordpress, workflows | 4 Comments

‘Everything is a remix’ and other thoughts on innovation

By Julie Starr | Published: June 26, 2011

Below are three parts of a four-part video series on innovation and remixing by Kirby Ferguson called ‘Everything is a Remix‘. I came across them via Idealog on Facebook. In the videos, Ferguson walks through the evolution of ideas and art ranging from the Apple Macintosh to Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. I’ve read about many [...]

Posted in Innovation, Storytelling | Also tagged art, copyright, copywrong, evolution of ideas, ideas, innovation, lists, music, remix, remix culture, viedo storytelling | Leave a comment

Kinetic type in video journalism

By Julie Starr | Published: November 1, 2010

I enjoyed this post from Lauren Rabaino on 10,000 Words about the use of kinetic type in video storytelling and how it can be used in journalism. There’s huge value in being able to tell a story that people will read all the way through– from start to finish– and then share with all their [...]

Posted in Tools for Journalists, Video | Also tagged 10000 Words, kinetic type | Leave a comment

Old films and the age of ‘the stone’

By Julie Starr | Published: October 4, 2010

There’s something irresistible about the old print industry footage kicking around on YouTube. These are all from the 1950s. Making a newspaper: (perfect if you want to know what ‘the stone’ looked like and where the term proof reading came from): ‘Public opinion in a Democracy’: A Soviet newsreel – Kruschev visits Mao:

Posted in Journalism | Also tagged film, printing newspaper, proofreading, stone | Leave a comment