Good reads for 07.28.07

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Melissa Worden

>> Facebook continues to grow, and it’s going even more mainstream. The Wall Street Journal’s Kara Swisher visits their HQ in Palo Alto, Calif.:

(Kudos to Kara for taking readers along with her on this interview, but I don’t think the shooting is up to Angela Grant’s standards. ;) )

Which probably means it’s on the way out, no? Anyway, here’s what’s being blogged: Facebook boosts college paper’s readership, recruiting; Facebook: What’s in it for journalists?; How much is s Facebook oser worth? At least $0.30; and more on Facebook from Innovation in College Media.

Got the Facebook fever? These two journalism groups have recently been made: Online Journalism Blog and Journalists and Facebook. I also found groups for NAA and ONA.

>> Mindy McAdams went to Travel Channel Academy Video Bootcamp; read what she thought of it.

“Having all the trainers as experienced professional video editors made a huge difference. Even when I had to wait to get help, I didn’t have to wait very long. I could see that the people with the least experience were getting a lot of one-on-one help. In most workshops I attend or conduct, we do not have the luxury of having so many hands-on people in the room, and it’s rare to have so many people with extensive experience in the exact thing you’re learning.”

Watch two videos she produced during the training. And she also has posted a helpful list of options for video editing software.

>> Want more video tips? Angela Grant offers advice on how to import still images into Final Cut Pro. While Mastering Videography has a primer on batteries.

>> Shane Richmond of the Telegraph.co.uk needs some help finding online journalism’s must-read blog posts. “Which articles do you often refer back to?” he asks. “Which ones are you always forwarding to people or referring to in speeches and seminars? Which are the articles that changed your mind, shaped your thinking or simply summarised a complex issue?”

>> William M Hartnett has noticed that there are several computer-assisted reporting jobs open (or being added): “It seems like there is an uncommonly high number of computer-assisted job openings at newspapers these days. (And by “uncommonly high” I mean “more than one.” It is a relatively small field, after all.)”