S.P. Sullivan, multimedia producer, shares insight

Sean “S.P.” Sullivan is the Associate Producer at for masslive.com, a Massachusetts-based website dedicated to news. Sullivan is also the multimedia manager, spending most of his time programming the site to work, filming and editing videos, as well as putting together any other multimedia pieces. When it comes down to it, his strongest advice is to network, as one's skills will go wasted if there isn't a network with which to share.

ONA11: Storify

You can check out a quick summary of some of the good points made at this year's ONA11 Boston conference here.

UMass: More than a party school

It's the frequent articles like this that make out the University of Massachusetts Amherst to be a living incarnation of Jersey Shore, with no hope whatsoever. Unfortunately, the school's reputation as a 'party school” is so notorious, it can often mask what the school has to offer.

Buckeyes football and journalism ethics topic of KSU media panel

I've never been one to care about sports at all. It's just not to my liking to watch athletes playing games. But that doesn't say that the power they hold is inadequate, and that much is beyond dispute. Sports journalism is just as valid as any other form of journalism, and some might say it's one of the most popular subjects, and given the media, I wouldn't disagree.

At the Poynter Kent State University Media Ethics Workshop 2011, it seemed as if majority of the panel discussions revolved around sports media. The panel I tuned into online, titled, “Buckeyes Behaving Badly” delved into some of the problems that can be encountered when in the field of sports journalism.

Welcome!

Welcome to Multimedia Amherst! Over the course of time, I'll be updating this website with different pieces of multimedia journalism that pertain to the Amherst area, including audio and video stories. This is currently part of a project for a multimedia class I am taking, but may evolve over the course of time.