Music – Film – Interactive
When: 13 – 17 March 2015
Where: Austin, Texas, USA
What is it?
With almost 80.000 people roaming streets and venues in Austin, Texas each year South By Southwest (aka SXSW aka Southby) is without a serious doubt the biggest annual bonanza of the creative industry on this planet. Actually it’s three festivals in one: SXSW Film (13-21 March), SXSW Interactive (13-17 March) and SXSW Music (17-22 March).
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Our participation in EU projects often gets us involved in the dissemination and evaluation of the projects’ results. Using the example of Social Sensor , this article explains how we used an iPad app to support us in both tasks. (more…)
Experimental series on data, visualization and storytelling all around the 2014 Brazil World Cup
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Credit: J Mark Dodds [a shadow of my future self] via Compfight cc
With people worldwide focusing on the 2014 FIFA World Cup for the next couple of weeks we expect a lot of interesting coverage in the media. (more…)
Short and sweet: Five links that lead to novel views about media, tech and innovation.
| 1. | The beginning of a new year: It’s time for predictions! What will be trending in digital journalism this year? via journalism.co.uk |
| 2. | Multimedia Storytelling will become bigger, better and more interactive. It’s your time to play! via arte |
| 3. | Time to give the old fashioned news-reading a facelift: Check out the New York Times’ redesigned online experience. |
| 4. | Young & gifted, the talents of media are promising: Have a look at Forbes’ 30 under 30 media people of tomorrow. |
| 5. | Learn from the big players and improve your social media presence: The NYTimes social media desk shares its insides on their Twitter success. via Nieman Journalism Lab |
Short and sweet: Five links that lead to novel views about media, tech and innovation.
1. Must see this month, if you haven’t already: NSA decoded: Impressive, interactive dossier by The Guardian.
2. Infecting an audience: Why great stories spread. Worthwhile re-thinking how to create meaningful communication.
3. Times are changing, so journalism has to change too: Advice for student news media: Be radically experimental!
4. Helpful: Model Curricula for Journalism Education, a compendium of new syllabi, via Unesco.
5. Tagging in a different way. What could media do with this technology?