LINK OF THE DAY: “GOOD VIDEO JOURNALISM”, JEJU, SOUTH KOREA

Hat tip Mindy McAdams and her blog for this one:

“One of the best [videos] was A Bronx School Revives, by Adam B. Ellick and Elissa Gootman at The New York Times. At 7 min. 37 sec. it should be too long — but it’s not. I’d shave off the last 10 seconds, but nothing else. It tells a somewhat complex story of a middle school principal who made a positive impact on a failing school, and it really surprised me (with my attention span of close to zero) how interesting it was. Very good pacing throughout, high-quality sound and images, and a very, very strong sense of story.”

Buying Nokia in a Samsung dominated market

I’ve been on the hunt for a Nokia N95 however, Samsung seems to be the only make available in the cell-phone stores here.

Samsung’s N95 equivalent is the G800 and after comparing the specs I’d still want to pop for the N95.

This evening I met with a foreigner who had emailed me and showed interest in contributing to the magazine.

And finally, here’s a lesson in how not to do newspaper video (hat tip: OJB) from the Reading Evening Post.

And there’s more here too if that wasn’t enough.

‘Yes We Can’

Final preparations have been completed for the university presentation Saturday morning.

And though it has been a relatively quiet day on the Jeju Life (JL) front further things are penned in for the weekend.

Brian Miller has been working on a photo essay based on interviews with the performers at the African Museum in Jungmun.

This will be a new area for JL, breaking away from the one page / one five hundred word article, that has been standard since issue one.

Also of note:

An article from the UK’s Daily Telegraph today takes a closer look at the recent viral pop video (entitled: ‘Yes We Can’). Made from Barack Obama’s concession speech at the New Hampshire primary on January 8th it’s a rousing, emotive video that’s wonderfully made – especially given the short time earmarked for production:

The song was conceived by Will.i.am of superstar hip-hop trio Black Eyed Peas, and the video was shot by Jesse Dylan, son of rock’s original protest superstar, Bob Dylan. The pair claim that it took just a few days from conception to completion. Will.i.am had the idea while watching a televised political debate on January 29, and by Feb 2 it was online, in time for the Super Tuesday polls.