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Open workshop in online storytelling

Here we go again: Based on the experiences from our latest workshops, we announce the next-. Five days of intense training from August 13th ’till 17th 2012 in the art of Online Storytelling at our facilities in Vejle, Denmark. Have a look at the program in Danish here and in English here:

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Closing a circle

I’m no war photographer. I’ve seen conflict and civil unrest, but war is something entirely different for what I’ve heard. Yet to a very large degree, images of war have made me what I am. I grew up with gritty images from Northern Ireland and some of them stayed. In the mid-seventies danish national television…

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White smoke

Yesterday afternoon, white smoke appeared from the WPP multimedia office in Amsterdam. It’s been three incredible days here in Holland. We have had very long days and we have seen an huge amount of work in a very short time, yet I am confident that we have found the very right winners of the contest.…

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Judging Round Part Deux

284 multimedia productions have now been cut down to a much healthier number. Today we watched all of the 36 stories that were still left in the contest (in full length), and by the end of the day they were cut down to a definitive list of eight final candidates. It is extremely important to…

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World Press Photo Multimedia Contest – a few early thoughts

I am currently in Amsterdam working as a jury member for the second World Press Photo Multimedia Contest. Last year I served as a member of a nominating committee in the inaugural competition – but this year there are new rules – and so the objective for the 2012 competition can be boiled down to:…

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Why Multimedia (does not) suck – an answer to Mike Davis

Today I came across this post by picture editor Mike Davis. While Mike has several valid and well argued points, I don’t agree with his basic premise, that Multimedia/web documentaries lose in storytelling. Here’s my answer, Mike. Thanks for being ambitious on the behalf of online storytelling – not many picture editors are! Personally, I…

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