Archive for July, 2009

Tracking the “Slow Journalism” Movement

The Slow Food movement began in the 1980s when a group of Italians protested the opening of a McDonald’s near the Spanish Steps. Today, the official Slow Food organization boasts more than 100,000 members in 132 countries. The Slow Food mantra is “good, clean and fair.” Proponents believe food should taste good, production should minimize [...]

Tips on Telling an Untold Story

YouTube recently launched a project called The Reporters’ Center, a series of how-to interviews with reporters, editors, and media professionals. There are plenty of big names like Bob Woodward, Nicholas Kristof, and Arianna Huffington. And there are some helpful technical tutorials like how to capture breaking news on a cell phone, how to shoot a [...]