Lost in Phoenix

Welcome to Lost in Phoenix, a blog about finding the future.  Okay, perhaps that sounds a bit pretentious and lofty.  I hope to focus this blog on exploring the many applications of multimedia.  I’m planning on doing this in two ways:

- Wandering around town, getting myself lost (which I do so well anyway), and finding different ways to document the process.

- Reading and writing responses to articles about digital media and the future of journalism.

So to kick things off, I’m going to list off my pet peeves.   Because nothing gets the ball rolling like a good list of peeves.

1. The sentiment that sticking a camera in someone’s hand creates multimedia journalism worth watching.

2. Thinking that more media equals more engaging media, or that every story needs a multimedia component.

3. Inappropriate use of multimedia.

4. People who don’t understand multimedia but think they do. (Fortunately, I do not currently know any of these.)

5. People who do understand multimedia but have no idea how much time putting a quality product together takes. (Fortunately, I do not currently know any of these, either.)

Feel free to add your own peeves, journalism-themed or not.  Therapy sessions are always encouraged.  ;-)