NAACPConnect Creates New Project “Digital Collective” to Help Youth Gain Multimedia Skills
In Nov. 2011, The NAACP launched its own social network, NAACPConnect. The networking site while giving members a way to connect with each other, also offers written and multimedia content, skills training, micro-mentoring aimed at educational and professional development. To compliment that they have launched a new project called NAACPConnect Digital Collective. Those accepted into the [...]
Read MoreLeVar Burton Brings Reading Rainbow Back Digitally
Most people young and old still remember the popular educational program Reading Rainbow on PBS with LeVar Burton. Those who were sad to see the show go are in for great news. Burton plans to bring Reading Rainbow back to life in an innovative way. Burton’s for-profit venture, RRKidz, plans to launch an educational iPad [...]
Read MoreFlying Lotus Teams Up With Miwa Matreyek for Multimedia Project
If you are not familiar with Steven Ellison a.k.a Flying Lotus, he is a black, experimental multi-genre music producer and laptop musician from Los Angeles, Calif. He is most known for the bumper music on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block. That in itself gives an idea of just how creative he is and now [...]
Read MoreDominick Brady Talks Online Media, Tech, and Journalism [Interview]
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Dominick Brady is an independent multi-platform journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has spent the majority of his career working with online content on the web doing a number of things such as web design, radio documentary, audio and video features just to name a few. Check out some of his thoughts on online media, [...]
Read MoreStorify and Chirpstory create stories using social media
Bloggers and journalist alike are always looking for new and unique ways of telling the story. There are many different multimedia tools that allow content creators to do so. But Storify and Chirpstory are two platforms used for curating and publishing social media content directly from each network. They can be used to search for [...]
Read MoreNAACP: New Website, New Initiative
Over the last few weeks, we’ve posted video on the site showcasing discussions with different people on how the NAACP can maintain its relevancy with the next generation. From President Benjamin Jealous to Color of Change Founder James Rucker it was agreed that new media must be implemented into their organization’s branding strategy. To that [...]
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