Heart of darkness
The photographer Marcus Bleasdale emailed me today with a link to a multimedia report based upon the work he did in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently. It's a stunning 12 minute long feature. The photographs are all black and white, the video transports you to the scene and Marcus' words convey the facts on the ground. There's a lot of banter these days about multimedia work for newspapers and the like. However, this is head and shoulders above your average Joe-blog-YouTube-Mashup-that'll do-forthenewspaper journalistic production. Very nice work Marcus, I'm looking forward to a beer and chat on Thursday night in London ;) Apologies for cross posting at fromthefrontline.co.uk
This is excellent. Technology? Blah, blah - this is all about brilliant journalism.
Posted by: Neil Baker | January 25, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Yeah, and when you see it, hear it or read it, you know it - if you know what I mean... This is by far the best use of this kind of technology I've seen.
Posted by: Graham | February 02, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Thank you for posting the Marcus Bleasdale video - it was very moving, shocking, sad, horrific...and more. I have not seen anything like this on our local newscasts - why the world isn't beating down the Congo's "doors" is beyond me. I don't know what I can do, but I will do something. Thanks. Nan
Posted by: Nan | March 04, 2008 at 03:18 AM