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The article offers information on various aspects related to virtual reality (VR). Among the topics discussed include the benefits of VR for photojournalists, the implication of technology for photojournalism, and the link of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) for VR. Also mentioned the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Multimedia Immersion Workshop in May 2016 which highlights the importance of VR technology.

The article offers information on the annual National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Multimedia Immersion Workshop (MMI) which marks its 10th year in 2016. Topics covered include various changes made to the workshop in the last decade and its impacts on the participants. Also mentioned is the 2016 Northern Short Course in Photojournalism contest.

The article discusses how a photograph inspired filmmaker Elizabeth Van Meter to write and direct the film "Thao's Library." Topics discussed include how a photo by journalist Stephen Katz of Thao, a woman wanting to build a library set a series of trips by Van Meter to Vietnam to meet Thao, and to collaborate with Katz to know her story and to help her realize her dream. Also mentioned is the film's participation in the Bentonville Film Festival that highlights women and diversity.

The article provides a look at the brand of photojournalism that is being used by Catherine Orr and Elena Rue, founders of the multimedia production company StoryMineMedia. Topics include the importance of storytelling style and entrepreneurship, their collaboration with director Chad A. Stevens on the film "Overburden," and inputs from Chad A. Stevens about video editing and shooting.

The article offers suggestions from Sam Dean, former photojournalist and multimedia editor with the newspaper "The Roanoke Times," to young photographers on how to earn a lifestyle and think like a commercial photographer in reference to his experience of being a photographer.

The career of Oregonian photographer Rob Finch in photojournalism, who is has two-time won the POYi Newspaper Photographer of the Year. Topics discussed include the transition of Finch from video photography to filmmaking, his experience of working as director for Blue Chalk Media, and the his photography for cable and satellite television Weather Channel.

The article focuses on the professional career of photojournalist Maisie Crow. Topics include a short film on a Mississippi law that threatens to shut down the last abortion provider in the state made by her for digital storytelling magazine Atavist; her short film and photo essay project with newsroom ProPublica; and her experience of making her photography essay called "Hungry: Living with Prader-Willi Syndrome."

The article offers information on Norwegian film director Erik Poppe who made transition from photojournalism to film making. Topics discussed include Poppe's interest in making documentaries in between feature films, Poppe's film "1,000 Times Goodnight", and Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale's statement that family is integral to his success as a photographer.

The article discusses the photographic journey shared by photographers of Prime Collective, a photographic cooperative, about difficulties in working as a freelancer than in a group. It mentions the experience shared by photographers including Melanie Burford, Charlie Mahoney and Pete Muller. It further mentions that working as a team is like a family where happiness and sorrows are shared together and also produces group of motivated and resourceful photojournalists.

The article focuses on Al Tielemans, a staff photographer of the periodical "Sports Illustrated," who has participated in the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Multimedia Immersion Workshop to learn video shooting and editing. It discusses the selection of the Heid restaurant by Tielemans to narrate a story on the restaurant at the workshop. It mentions that the workshop's coaches Lauren Frohne and Jeff Bradbury, helped Tielemans to narrate and edit the story of the restaurant.

The article offers information on National Public Radio (NPR), the U.S. based non-profit membership media organization, and its approach to visual storytelling. It mentions the NPR's visual team of highly skilled digital operations having 12 members which includes senior Supervising editor Brian Boyer and supervising editor Kainaz Amaria. It also mentions their award winning project "Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt" and his journey to the making of the documentary.

The article discusses the necessity of episodic content type of presenting and video development by newspaper journalists. The Washington Post has come out with a sports video series called First and 17, which would be presented in an episodic format. Brad Horn shot the series. He roped in Da'Shawn Hand, who was top high school football recruit in U.S.. The story pitch included how Horn wanted to immerse himself into Da'Shawn's life and essentially do a video documentary of the player.

The article focuses on latest technologies in multimedia which are responsible for developments in mass media. It discusses the Autopano Video software from the company Kolor, high resolution panoramic device Gigapan used by Oregonian newspaper's staff photographer Bruce Ely and helicopters for aerial video reporting. Comments from American journalist Tom Costello are included.

In this article, Charlie Borst, director of photography at Education Week shares his experience of working with the national news paper in the U.S. Borst states that the news paper reflects on all important field related to standard-12 education and role of teachers in classrooms. Borst reveals that he spends most of the times in news paper editing and he regularly updates web-contents to keep readers engaged online.

The article offers information on Chuck Fadely, a multimedia producer, photographer, and videographer at the newspaper "Newsday" in Long Island, New York. It informs that for the past several years Fadely has been a supporter of video at newspapers and the founder of the eMail list "Newspaper Video," which was started in 2006. Fadely has influenced many news shooters.

The article states that hundreds of journalists learn video with several tools such as mike, an iPhone or the #Turbovideo of Gannett Co. Inc. to manage the video editing in lesser time in a training program conducted by 18 video experts from newspapers across the nation. It also suggests that a photographer should cover a story and make it available to public as closer to the time they actually filmed it.

The article reflects on the views of photojournalists James Gregg and Greg Bledsoe, related to video journalism. Gregg states that continuing to learn new skills in video journalism is a real deal. He mentions that video journalism is a multiplatform work. Bledsoe states that a video journalist has to work at every step of the storytelling process. Bledsoe mentions that video journalism has different time restraints than newspapers.

The article features the team at the "Airman" magazine including multimedia photographer Andrew Breese, former director of photography at "The Detroit News" Bob Houlihan, and editor in chief Preston Keres. Breese is mentioned as a former U.S. Navy videographer who feels free while working for the Air Force. Keres is cited to have covered the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake which led him to win awards. The team is working on an interactive, computer tablet-based version of the magazine.

The article offers information on the career development of photojournalists, going on the path of film-making. It states that documentary film-making is becoming a platform for still photojournalists to showcase their talent in terms of visual storytelling. It mentions that there is a trend of newspaper staff photojournalists working in the motion picture industry.

The article discusses time-lapse photography. It details Columbia Rivers: Great Rivers of the West, a time-lapse photography project by "Oregonian" photojournalists Jamie Francis and Bruce Ely. The article also reports that Drew Geraci, a long -time time-lapse photographer, has been hired to produce the opening sequence for a Netflix series, "House of Cards."

The article offers information on Rick Loomis, photojournalist, who got an opportunity to make an extensive multimedia and print series on world population. The project titled was ''Beyond 7 Billion,'' was for the duration of two years and started in the year 2009. Also presented are the photographic images captured by him during his project. Loomis believes that the hardest part pf the project was the postproduction.

The article offers the author's insights on the impact of mass communication to freelance journalist Bob Sacha. The author says that Sacha states the different ways on how readers consume media such as through mobile and online products. He mentions independent filmmaker Scott Anger who started out as a photographer then moved into film shooting course. The author adds that Sacha and Anger published a short film for the Open Society Foundation (OSF) to help communist countries out of communism.

The article focuses on the nonprofit program called Ripple Effect Images, founded by Annie Griffiths in collaboration with "National Geographic" photographers Ami Vitale and filmmaker Michael Davie. Griffiths says that she got the the idea after years of photographing aid programs that help people and empower women. Ripple Effect creates video and images for nonprofits that will be used for fundraising efforts. They also aim to create a collection of stories for an awareness campaign.

The article discusses the work of Dai Sugano, a multimedia photographer working with San Jose Mercury News, in his documentary film "Torn Apart," and presents his views on the efforts he took to raise his photojournalism skill set to multimedia. Dai stated that he learned a lot from independent cinema and documentaries loaded on PBS Frontline World . Views of Richard Koci-Hernandez, a former colleague of Sugano's at Mercury News, on his work, are also given.

The article offers information on Todd Heisler's project called One in 18 Million for the "The New York Times." It notes that the project is a weekly multi-media collaborative piece that features New York characters shown through audio slideshows. It cites multimedia producers Sarah Kramer and Tom Jackson who work with Heisler in the said project. Moreover, Heisler notes that the project is his dream assignment.

Information about the Multimedia Immersion workshop of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) in the U.S. is presented. Steve Elfers, video director for "USA Today" was one of those who helped members learned multimedia storytelling skills. The event featured audio sessions, video training and storytelling sessions that were given by Elfers, "Los Angeles Times" vidoe director Scott Anger and David Stephenson.

The article offers information on the panoramic photojournalism or the 360-degree panoramic image. It notes that panoramic images are made through stitching several images together and then using special programs designed to make the panoramics. It mentions the factors and materials needed to create a panoramic image which include the choice of camera lens, stitching applications, and PhotoShop techniques. It also states that panoramic images intend to tell certain typical stories of life through the use of photographs. It also presents several panoramic images including of Mariah Carey, the 2007 Presidential candidate in France, and the Parc des Expositions de Toulouse.

A personal narrative is presented which explore the author's experience of participating the 2008 Multimedia Immersion workshop of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) held in Roanoke, Virginia.

The article focuses on Jason Arthurs, former newspaper photojournalist of the periodical "Raleigh News & Observer," who released his second documentary film "The Last Barn Dance." It mentions the views of Arthurs regarding the use of his photography skills in filmmaking. It adds that the film was completed in collaboration with Arthurs' former colleague Ted Richardson.

The article offers information on work life of Yoon Byun, photography editor at the newspaper "The Portland Press Herald." Topics discussed include Byun often shooting daily assignments, his previous job at the newspaper "Boston Globe" where he learned about doing video on job, he asking staff at "The Portland Press Herald" to focus on one aspect at a time, views of Byun on filmmaker Dan Habib with whom he had worked and challenge of collecting photographs for hard news.

The article offers information on the twice weekly tablet magazine AZ, designed using the Adobe Digital Publishing System (DPS) and offers a platform for photographers, from the "Arizona Republic" newspaper, azcentral.com of Gannett Satellite Information Network and Channel 12 (KPNX).

The author reflects on different cameras used by freelancer photographers to keep abreast with latest technological developments and present pictures which can be used by different News agencies. The author quotes freelancer photographer and a faculty member at the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Jerry Hatton who discusses using different types of cameras such as Single-lens reflex cameras in High Definition to get good images.

The article features multimedia journalism professor Richard Koci Hernandez at the University of California, Berkeley. It says that Hernandez has been presented as the iPhonographer during the 2012 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference held in Austin, Texas. It mentions that Hernandez has advocated the use of iPhone as a multimedia journalism tool because of the availability of Instagram picture-sharing service.

The article offers information on the practices of two newspaper employees such as Mike De Sisti, "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" multimedia picture editor and "The Indianapolis Star" photography director Mike Fender. De Sisti tells that he uses his iPhone to instantly record and upload videos to their web site to address people's desire for fast content. Meanwhile, Fender says that they are selective to use videos that will drive more traffic and relates that their staffs are trained to do video.

The article presents the insights of various photojournalists on multimedia storytelling equipment. Multimedia journalist Matt Ford states he uses the 5D Mark II camera with RØDE VideoMic. According to photographer Rick Gershon, he uses a juicedLink DT-454 as an audio solution and various Redrock Micro rigs for camera stabilization. Moreover, freelance multimedia producer Mike Schmidt uses a juicedLink DT454 only for interviews, which enables him to monitor signals through headphones.

The article examines how the motion picture "Airsick," by Lucas Oleniuk has contributed to the redesign of MediaStorm web site. The film consists of 20,000 still photographs shot in Ontario featuring issues on global climatic changes. It narrates how the short film has been updated for a more universal audience through the web site by using high definition imaging, changing the presentation of quotes, and rebuilding treatment type.

The article focuses on Bombay Flying Club (BFC) which is composed of photojournalists who cooperate on a multimedia photojournalism project significant to them. It states that the freelance multimedia storytellers which comprise the BFC include visual journalists Brent Foster, Henrik Kastenskov and Poul Madsen. It mentions that the members of the BFC works on various freelance assignments so that they could support themselves wherein each member would bring in the skill sets for their project.

The article presents the author's insights on the significance of visual journalism. Multimedia consultant Tom Kennedy states that shooting helps photographers develop video and audio slideshows. It presents Kennedy's insights about the Web site's potential to revive photojournalism as well as the value of visual information and information graphics in creating visual narratives. Kennedy's vision for multimedia storytelling is also discussed.

The article focuses on the effort of the photography department of "The Denver Post" newspaper in creating the web site "The Media Center." According to executive Tim Rasmussen, the site is where they sell their pictures and where they have their photography blog. It talks about multimedia photography editors Meghan Lyden and Mateo Leyba and offers information on the project "Childhood Poverty in Colorado" that includes video stories, photography galleries, and interactive data map.

The article features the collaborative skills of couple Sean Connelley and Katy Newton in the field of photojournalism and web page contents. It notes that the couple's multimedia package entitled "Not Just a Number" won in the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best Of Photojournalism in 2007 as the Best Multimedia Project. It adds that the project won because it was able to use the elements of the Web. Newton says that interactivity is essential to achieve excellent page contents.

The article focuses on the production of "Chain of Life," a 17-minute video on the largest kidney donation chain created by the staff of "The Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger." The video was a collaborative effort of the journal's staff including photographer John O'Boyle. O'Boyle relates the challenges they faced in creating the video from taking photographs to editing the story. Moreover, it notes that "Star-Ledger" is an example of newspaper which integrates innovation with their video and multimedia.

The article reviews the web site Circle of Blue, located at www.circleofblue.org., from photojournalist J. Carl Ganter.

The article discusses the prevalence of multimedia workshops that teach video storytelling. One workshop is that of Visual Edge, which describes the workshop as one that helps photojournalists and their reporting colleagues understand how newsroom convergence and technology are affecting print, broadcasting and electronic media. Another workshop is by Brian Storm, who states that his workshop is about getting students to work with people who are experienced in storytelling. Also, one workshop titled "Travel Channel Academy," by Michael Rosenblum, aims to teach video storytelling in journalism, and also train television stations and newspaper staffs to be video journalists.

The article reviews the Web site www.B-Roll.net.