Popular columnist makes stop at UNO
Andrea Ciurej
Issue date: 12/1/09 Section: Entertainment
More than a dozen UNO students, faculty, staff and other Omaha-area professionals met at the Thompson Alumni Center's Centennial Hall on Nov. 20 to see a popular online columnist speak about growing technology in the journalism field.
UNO's School of Communication hosted Al Tompkins, the Poynter Institute's broadcast and online group leader. Tompkins spoke about various online tools and media equipment, and how these tools are revolutionizing the media industry by enhancing Web content and maximizing newsgathering efficiency.
Tompkins cited examples, such as Mac's Final Cut Pro, which can be used to aid in video blogging, to Layar 2.0, a Smartphone browser application designed to show real-time digital information through a mobile phone camera.
Augmented reality interfaces, such as Layar, will place the power of knowledge in the palm of one's hand, Tompkins said.
"Just cash in on what you what you know," Tompkins said. "This is going to be a market for it."
Another advantage to the growing digital media age is the ability to capture events live, Tompkins said. The Digital SLR camera, for example, can be used to shoot photos and high-quality video. LiveU, a portable video-broadcasting device, enables live wireless, high-definition multimedia transmission from any location without the use of a satellite uplink.
However, Tompkins said online mediagoers still need to go about getting information like before. While new software is available to help, it cannot replace the impact of getting the basic story itself.
"It's always about the story," Tompkins said. "If the story is strong, people will always watch."
UNO's School of Communication hosted Al Tompkins, the Poynter Institute's broadcast and online group leader. Tompkins spoke about various online tools and media equipment, and how these tools are revolutionizing the media industry by enhancing Web content and maximizing newsgathering efficiency.
Tompkins cited examples, such as Mac's Final Cut Pro, which can be used to aid in video blogging, to Layar 2.0, a Smartphone browser application designed to show real-time digital information through a mobile phone camera.
Augmented reality interfaces, such as Layar, will place the power of knowledge in the palm of one's hand, Tompkins said.
"Just cash in on what you what you know," Tompkins said. "This is going to be a market for it."
Another advantage to the growing digital media age is the ability to capture events live, Tompkins said. The Digital SLR camera, for example, can be used to shoot photos and high-quality video. LiveU, a portable video-broadcasting device, enables live wireless, high-definition multimedia transmission from any location without the use of a satellite uplink.
However, Tompkins said online mediagoers still need to go about getting information like before. While new software is available to help, it cannot replace the impact of getting the basic story itself.
"It's always about the story," Tompkins said. "If the story is strong, people will always watch."
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samueljaxon
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posted 2/18/10 @ 3:07 AM CST
Great story!
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