Broadway Strike

The New York Times just posted this audio slideshow on their webpage. Check it out at the link below

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/11/15/arts/20071115_STRIKE_FEATURE.html

LA Time Coverage of the California Fires

The LA Times has incredible multimedia coverage of the fires in Southern California. There is a lot of user generated content posted including photos, video, and audio. Check it out at the link below.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-voices28oct28-lp,0,1613164.special

Class Stuff

I wasn't in class on Wednesday--can anyone fill me in?

What did ya'll do? What's the assignment for next week?

Hope you're enjoying the weekend!

I can't even articulate how amazing this is...

This isn't an audio slideshow, but it's so incredible that it's worth looking at.

That is all I can really say. You're missing out if you don't take a look.

Good Disguises

search for missing soldiers

hi guys. this is an interesting clip that i had mixed feelings about. it follows some american soldiers in baghdad who embark on a deadly search for their missing comrades. the photographer is totally in the moment and you can see it from the pictures which i liked a lot; it helped me to really envision what it would be like to be a soldier in baghdad. but, it runs almost seven minutes long and is narrated to death. also, the photographer was personally affected by these events and so it doesn't always seem like he's giving an objective account. check it out at http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/index.html by scrolling down and clicking "a search for missing soldiers"

akemi

Torre Calls Yankees Bonus Offer an ‘Insult'

This multimedia presentation is an interesting one because it comes with a variety of components. There is a written article, a slideshow, and 6:48 minutes of audio, all to help tell and enhance the story.

You can check it out at the New York Times website, posted on 10/19

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/10/19/sports/20071019TorreSlideShow_index.html

"Billy Penn Gets Waxed"

This is an interesting slideshow from The Philadelphia Inquirer's website. It's really interesting, and has great photos.


http://www.philly.com/inquirer/gallery/Billy_Penn_Gets_Waxed.html

Jain Festival

Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the world. One of my friends from home is a Jain, and I have one very good friend here who is also a Jain--but it's a very small religious group in India.

Jain Festival

When I saw this slideshow, I thought I'd share it with ya'll--not just because the images are really neat and culturally interesting, but also because I think the religion is just quite noble. These people (as you'll see from the photographs) will blow or sweep insects out of the way so as not to harm them. They will not eat meat, and they strive to protect living things--no matter how small.

It's a statement, I think, in a violent world.

Enjoy.

Toxic lake in China

This slideshow was the FRONT IMAGE on the NY Times website for quite some time today- an audio slideshow, front page! It supports a full story, but the slideshow itself only consists of music and pictures, no natural sound at all. I must admit, I would've liked to hear some opinions or ambient sludge noise, but the images were incredibly powerful. Really fine-art journalistic photography. I just thought it was so great that this medium was front-and-center on the NY times website!

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/10/14/world/asia/choking_on_growth_3.html#story4

"pesticides"

check out "pesticides" by Annie Wells at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/photography/
It's a little long but a really intimate and searing window into the sicknesses many who work on banana plantations in Nicaragua are struggling with. Lots of wide, medium and detail shots...really effective.

Akemi