giving us an extra hand OJ1*

We all want our daily jobs to become easier day by day..
I'm not sure in which industry you are working at, but journalists are deffinitely getting extra boost with new innovative technology and digital friendly devices.
While browsing PSFK (click away if you have no idea what that is), I came across this new iPad app that "lets you annotate photos with your voice". You're probably thinking.. what?!

Rundown: You take a picture. You then record a voiceover, that could include where you took the picture, any funny memories of that capturing moment, basically anything you want to remember about that picture.
Come to think of it, it is a video without the moving pictures.. if that makes sense.

Now, how is this useful for journalists? Have you ever heard or read a live blog? It is a coverage of a ongoing or uncovering story. The journalist would post updates every several minutes. This new app would be one of the ideal tool for live blogging. Point and shoot at a footy game and be your own commentator. Sounds too easy? Because it is. Here is me proving how easy it is..

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You can upload it straight to Facebook and Twitter, send it through email (which gives you a link that you can include in a live blog), and even apply filters, frames and titles for all you crafty-artistic journalists.

eye spy.. DANNIJO! DANNIJO!

and they all chant!..

My over-waited long lasting love and obsession for DANNIJO is here (handmade in NY *bonus points).
I'm head over heels for all these eyes, or I think they're head over heels for me..
It feels like I'm being stalked.. or imagine if the eyeballs of these eyes were secret cameras. HOW. COOL?!
Okay, it may seem uncomfortable at first.. but I think people would be like.. omg.. what is that thing on her chest/arm/finger!? It's too crazy I know.

I think Big Brother, infringed copyright here with the whole "eye" thing.

that cuff, is a la mazing. Thank you Man Repeller.

digitally savvy OJ1*

During my study abroad I decided to get to know Los Angeles a little bit more intimate. So me and a friend set out at 8am and ventured around L.A. for well over 12 hours.

It was one of the best days I had over there. It made myself fall in love with the city even more - walking through downtown.. and soaking up the dirtiness and culture. Of course we had a car, so technically only walked from the parking spot to the destination (but still.. people look at you weird for walking..). 

Here is a map I've created with Google Maps to show where we went & I definitely recommend the places. I guess you can call it a tour guide, but more of a tour guide when you're not sure what else to do instead of the mainstream tourist places. In fact, my friend is from Orange County, but never went to the places we visited that day. It was an experience for him as well.

HAPPY L.A. EXPLORING

& I do hope I've inspired you to go to these places.

studied the wrong course? OJ1*

As a uni student, one of the first few things you tend to ask when meeting someone (in class) is "what's your major?", "what are you hoping to do with it?", so I met a new classmate in one of my fashion classes and we got talking. She mentioned her dad works as one of the senior journalists for the Courier Mail, and of course as I am studying journalism I start asking questions and we started chatting about the recent job cuts (Yes, it's depressing!). She told me the first few people that had to be let go were the online journalists...But.. wait! Isn't online journalism on the rise and print is slowly descending? I was confused. She was confused. She also mentioned they were still keeping the older and senior journalist (who may be less experienced with online techniques). It is quite bizarre.

Later on the week in OJ1 lecture, we had guest speaker John Grey (who used to be the online editor at the Courier Mail). He did a great explanation about the journalism industry and what jobs are remaining, and that there is still hope! (YAY!!). Basically, the industry needs to save money and cut down on wages. Newspapers are still charging plenty of $$$ for page advertisements while online advertisements are still very low. John also mentioned centralisation! This link will do a much better explanation then if I tried..

What I took out of the lecture is:
1. you have to be the best in what you want to do!
2. digital is the future for news media
3. there is still hope
4. have a back-up plan! double degree students you did the wise thing of studying for the extra 1-3 years!

qutoj1

Hello fellow readers

I know there has been some slack blogging lately, but the next few post will be on blogging exercises for one of my classes - online journalism 1. There should be some interesting posts, no guarantee but we'll see.