Christopher over at Music for Media has a wonderful post that gives instructions for how to record the best darn voiceover you can record. I have critiqued tons of videos that had terrible-sounding voiceovers: Believe me folks, this is important. You must hop over to see his advice, but here’s...

Deborah Potter writes this week about tips to get useful feedback on your work. First off, you need to ask for the feedback you think you need … Bring examples of your work and know what questions you want to ask … Ask targeted  questions to get the most productive feedback. Getting fee...

Here’s a nice review of Sony’s new HD prosumer camera, the HVR-Z5U. This camera replaces the Z1U, which is what I used during my time at the Express-News. Here’s some things that twitch my ears: ERGONOMICS Sony did a lot of customer research when designing this camera, bringing eng...

I can empathize with everything Colin Mulvany is saying in his latest post about newspapers losing multimedia steam. But it still breaks my heart to read it coming from him. First, to set the record strait, I’m trying to gear back up with my publishing schedule now that I’m somewhat sett...

Jason Kandel of the Los Angeles Daily News emailed me and asked me to take a look at his video about people who lost their homes in the recent devastating California fires. Jason asked me to review a video in the past, and my critique focused on basic technical errors that many budding videographers...

A couple folks who follow me on Facebook may already know, but for the rest, I’ve got an exciting announcement that carries both happy and sad notes. I’m moving to Houston! I’ll be all set up there in time for Christmas, and I’ll start a new job at the beginning of the year. ...

I received an email today from Multimedia Muse, a new web site that highlights inspiring works of multimedia. It’s basically a promotional email trying to get people to use the site. But it contains an inherent thought that I believe damages journalism, and is one of the reasons why our craft ...

I received this message from Brightcove this morning: For the past two years, we’ve offered a free version of the Brightcove service that is supported through advertising sold by third party ad networks. This version of Brightcove is called the Brightcove Network. I’m writing because we ...

It’s been pretty depressing reading Romenesko these past couple weeks. News of massive layoffs every day. Newspaper video folks aren’t being spared. Just think of what happened at the Spokesman Review: Colin Mulvany is back to shooting stills. And yesterday, Michael Theis was laid off. H...

The cheap vs. expensive gear debate rages on. MediaStorm Producer Bob Sacha offers his thoughts on why it really is worth it to go all in: Everyone wants to buy the smallest lightest video camera because we’re already carrying a lot of gear. But be careful not to short change yourself. Most of the...