Photoooshop!

There's a new version of photoshop coming out--you know what that means! A whole new round of artists and photoshoppers and enthusiasts and amateurs making the Internet sparkling. Personally, I prefer using Microsoft Photodraw, but over the past week, I've been working with Photoshop and I love it. I'm excited for the new version, and I intend to upgrade to make my multimedia packages all the better. Photoshop--multimedia journalism's best friend, ish. But only if you deal with images!

Free Photoshop CS3 Beta Available Tomorrow [ from PC World ]

"Playing" Journalist

Yahoo will now be allowing the general public to submit photos and videos from world events they've seen. It's odd because I thought this was already the case--I've seen amateur photos/videos all over the mainstream media since 9/11, especially in the Madrid bombings (which I mentioned previously). However, I'm all for making it more accessible and mainstream. Journalists can't be everywhere, it's just like that. But everyday people are. It only makes sense that they contribute to the news.

It seems like the news is being covered more and more thoroughly each day. Big Brother, anyone?

Yahoo! Lets You Play Journalist [ From Techtree.com ]

To quote the great Bob Cole... It's PULL-IT-ZER!

You know the times are a-changing when the Pulitzers are now going to allow solely online submissions for certain categories. In a way, it's sad for the print world. A bastion of print-only prejudice is starting to crumble. I'm sure old-school newspaper men and women are sighing and longing for times long ago before this mass that is the Internet erupted. My grandfather was a newspaper man; he died long before the Internet became mainstream, but in a way, I can feel his disapproval at the diminishing print world. He was a great writer; even posthumously, he has inspired me so. I nearly went to Bowdoin for college because he took classes there and got so tremendously far. However, I would have to take him on in this field. I'm all for online news and I think it adds to the essence of expediency. Though the romance of the antiquated typewriter and flip-pad is alluring, I'll keep my keyboard and PocketPC. I love the old ways, but I'm embracing their modern cousins just as readily.

Pulitzer Rules Will Allow More Multimedia Material in Entries [ From Editor and Publisher online ]