The New Media Diva

Announcement: Blogging at Yoga&Soul

Posts here on The New Media Diva will be few and far between. I’ve started a new blog called Yoga&Soul and will be over there for the foreseeable future. I’m not totally abandoning TNMD, just charting yet another path.

I would love for you to join me.

And feel free to like Y&S on Facebook.

New post at Yoga&Soul

Don’t lose your balance (or what Rash learned when she fell on her a** in front of everyone and their mother)

PBS Mediashift: How One Radio Reporter Ditched His Equipment for an iPhone 4

Very indepth report on how a reporter uses his iPhone for newsgathering and editing. Make sure you scroll down the PBS post page to the output examples.

How One Radio Reporter Ditched His Equipment for an iPhone 4

It’s been more than a year since I packed away my laptop computer, digital recorders, microphones, cables and cameras, and began covering Washington, D.C. with only my iPhone.

When I first came to the top-rated all-news WTOP in 1997, the bag phone I carried weighed as much as a bowling ball. Reel-to-reel tape recorders (ask your parents) were the newsroom staple, but early versions of Cool Edit audio editing software signaled that the times, they were a-changin’.