the new media me
It was a long day that ended on a high-note. Just to give you an idea, we’re about to make another first on INQUIRER.net but I would hold off discussing it until it’s up. But as you’ve already seen for the past weeks, we have beefed up our multimedia content on the website. We have launched INQUIRER.net TV/Hackenslash TV, Radio on INQUIRER.net, and recently our maiden podcast that centered on gaming news, reviews and personalities. Listen to it and learn a few things about the Philippine gaming industry.
Also recently, I have doubled as a photographer, videographer, and online reporter thanks to the power of phone cameras (a Nokia N80) and the Blackberry. All these developments make up the new media me, a concocted phrase to describe another blog that I used to post assignments for a convergent journalism course that I just finished. Now, it’s become my little virtual nook for discussing new media.
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The long day ended with Joey and me deciding to have a before-midnight-snack at a famous local fastfood. During our brief dinner, we realized how far and fast we’ve arrived at this juncture in our careers as online journalists.
What is an online journalist anyway? No, we’re no longer shoveling content from the newspaper to the web. We’re producing more content (not to mention breaking news) that is closer to what the new media world calls, well surprise, surprise: multimedia. This is beyond breaking stories. People viewing stories on the Internet expect an assault on the senses. They just don’t want to read news. They want to see, hear, and even taste it (the last one is an exaggeration but you’ll never know, right?)
Just to give you an idea what I meant, here’s a recent video clip I took for INQUIRER.net.
Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez talks about the nuisance senatorial candidates and the “interesting” platforms they’re espousing.
Eleksyon 2007 podcast goes live at Cyberbaguioboy on 14 Feb 2007 at 7:25 pm
[...] As I discussed in an early posting, we’re delivering more multimedia content to our readers. The latest features an interview podcast with senatorial bet Aquilino Pimentel III. Excerpted story on INQUIRER.net: ADDING a new dimension to its multimedia coverage of the upcoming May elections, INQUIRER.net has unveiled the Eleksyon 2007 podcast, with senatorial bet Aquilino Pimentel III making history as the first guest in what will become a regular feature of the site. [...]
Blog Addicts » Blogbastic! on news media and blogs on 04 Mar 2007 at 5:57 pm
[...] What I like in the move of the Inquirer.net is they are going the BBC way with their approach to media convergence. Readers will notice that they are trying to integrate video, podcast among others. As Erwin Oliva, another PDI reporter, blogged, readers want to interact with the news–reason I think that there’s a declining popularity of radio in the Philippines. [...]