Janine from Neoco here. We’re working with Quantel on their social marketing and we’ve been looking after their blog and Facebook pages for them.

We’re looking at and discussing new industry trends over on the blog this week and next week we’re highlighting a number of companies and individuals who we feel are currently doing some of the most interesting and cutting edge work.

We’d love to know if you have any thoughts on either new trends or people and companies who should be covered or included, so feel free to let us know over on the Facebook page or in our blog comments.

You can find the Facebook page and blog here:

http://www.facebook.com/quantelonline

http://blog.quantel.eu/

Kind regards,

Janine

I am an anchor/reporter and I love being able to get a glimpse into the lives of other broadcasters!

Thought you guys might want to hear about this new social media website I joined that is for the media. Might be worth showcasing:

http://www.medialinkup.com

Well, that and I wanted to make you aware of Stroome, an online editing and publishing platform we just put into public beta.

I know. You’ve never heard of it. But I think you’re going to be hearing quite a lot about Stroome in the next few weeks. Especially considering the fact USC Annenberg http://bit.ly/d19Kch has just announced they’re using the platform in the classroom.

So who’s going to be using Stroome? Students, activists, advocates, bloggers– basically anyone with a camera, a point of view and a desire to reach an audience of millions now can collaborate in real time, whether it’s around town or around the world. And the best part? It all happens in the browser.

So I encourage you to go to stroome.com, open an account and poke around. Love to hear your thoughts.

Just wanted to alert you to a new series of posts on my blog featuring a professional audio designer’s free advice on treating your recording/listening environment. I think this advice can have particular relevance for people who record voice-overs or mix multiple audio tracks in multimedia projects — in other words, it’s not just limited to music.

Here’s the first in the series: http://bit.ly/93BB3y

Thanks!

Christopher Ave
http://www.christopherave.wordpress.com

Laure Quinlivan

A couple suggestions:

To get in touch with other people interested in multimedia, consider joining Wired Journalists (http://mediageeks.ning.com/).

In terms of skill set – a lot depends on what you want to do. If you want to be a Web producer, some basic HTML, Photoshop or something similar and an understanding content management systems would be essential – if you know Flash, have video newsgathering/editing skills, etc. – so much the better!

Since you’re close to Atlanta – one thing I would suggest is that you try to attend the national SPJ Convention there – Sept. 4-7. There should be lots of mutlimedia discussion/training there – and its a good place to network.

Good luck!
Deb Wenger