Five weeks ago, The Sydney Morning Herald started its two-day training program for all staff, required to follow a ‘Convergent Journalism Course.’ The course is “probably a better form of training” than the Daily Telegraph’s own elaborate program, says McLean, after visiting the paper. To the extent that the Telegraph started from ground zero, whereas Fairfax’s program is adapted to an already integrated infrastructure, he adds.
Consequently, neither van Niekerk nor McLean went into great detail about Fairfax’s well-guarded training sessions but here are some of their main characteristics:
- The training is done in-house, with the help of a few outside facilitators. Each two-day session groups about 15 to 20 reporters. The overall program will span across 5 months.
- The first part of the session introduces the reasons and the background for change, with an overview of main benchmarks and market trends. The end goal is to convince journalists that “the business you’re now in is a fully integrated digital media operation,” says McLean.
- The second part of the training is more practical. Journalists study new storytelling processes though audio and video slideshows. They discover new ways to build stories and think in multimedia terms.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
All Ultimate devices come with the following specifications. 
ce4arab has posted a review on the upcoming I-Mate Ultimate 8150, one of the pocket pc phone from the Ultimate series. The whole Ultimate series comes with a standard specifications. They are different in terms of body and keypad design. Each device in the Ultimate range has a Direct XGA Video Out. This allows the device to drive computer displays and projectors with content directly. The whole review is written in foreign language, but an online translation will enable some readable text.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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| Dimension | 108.8 x 58 x 18.4 mm | |
| Weight | 150 g | |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Po 1200 mAh | |
| Memory | 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM + Extendable (SD/MMC), Texas Instruments OMAP850 200 MHz processor | |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth v2.0, Infrared, USB, GPRS Class 10 (48 kbps), EDGE Class 10, (236.8 kbps), WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11b/g), | |
| Display Size | 240 x 320 pixels, 42 x 57 mm (Handwriting recognition) | |
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| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (PocketIE) | |
| Entertainment | Games, MP3/AAC player, Video/audio album | |
| Camera | 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video(CIF) | |
| Ring Tones | Polyphonic (40 channels) | |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging | |
| Price | Price in Rs: 31,500 Price in USD: $394 | |
