Creative Practice & Strategy / September 8, 2007

Sheffield Doc/Fest’s “DigiDocs 360”

DigiDocs 360 is a new strand of programming at Doc/Fest, dedicated to exploring the digital revolution in broadcasting and the impact that convergence, digitisation and interactivity will have on documentary production and delivery. DigiDocs 360 is a unique opportunity to hear about the national and international opportunites available for producers looking to embrace multi-platform production.

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Creative Practice & Strategy / September 8, 2007

National Film Board of Canada’s “Cross Media Challenge”

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Sheffield International Documentary Festival are pleased to issue a call for proposals for a new cross-media competition called the CROSS-MEDIA CHALLENGE. The CROSS-MEDIA CHALLENGE is a co-production competition for innovative, interactive, socially engaged content with applications for mobile and broadband. It will award one producer a

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Creative Practice & Strategy / September 3, 2007

Mark Deuze’s book on integrationist approaches in advertising, journalism, film/TV production, and digital games: “Media Work”

Mark Deuze (Indiana University’s Department of Telecommunications in Bloomington, United States, and Professor of Journalism and New Media at Leiden University, The Netherlands) has a new book out: Media Work. The book is described in an interview with Deuze at influx: As a former journalist, I have always taken a special interest in the management

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