A big thank you to Allen Free, digital projects manager with ACM, for finding this great nugget of information — a YouTube channel dedicated to iMovie tutorials.

Check it out at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/user/iMovieFAQ 

We are going to try to make this a weekly feature here on ACM Newsroom.

So, enjoy a quick tour around the various front pages found in print from newspapers around ACM.

Brad Keith, a member of the Digital Reporter Project 2.0 team and sports editor of the Stephenville (Texas) Empire-Tribune, provided coverage of a playoff basketball game using a multimedia attack this past weekend.

Along with using Twitter to give updates throughout the game, Keith included web-only coveage online with a story report, a photo gallery and video.

You can check out the full story at the link below:
http://www.yourstephenvilletx.com/sports/high_school/article_2d96f514-59f0-11e1-9bf8-001871e3ce6c.html 

See Brad’s video coverage below:

Grand Rapids (Minn.) Herald-Review

Jason Groth, sports editor at the Grand Rapids Herald-Review, a twice-weekly in print publication, also provided great coverage of a state girls high school hockey playoff game. Groth is a member of the Digital Reporter Project.

Groth used Twitter to provide in-game coverage, and then gave readers the full report online at the following link:
http://www.grandrapidsmn.com/sports/article_827cdf1c-5928-11e1-8897-001871e3ce6c.html 

Also, catch out the front page of the Herald-Review promoting the coverage of the game in print. The staff changed the flag’s colors to orange and green in honor of the hockey team’s big victory.

Athens (Ohio) Messenger provide basketball coverage with Bobcat Blog

Jason Arkley, sports reporter at the Athens (Ohio) Messenger and member of the Digital Reporter Project first-phase team, is giving fans of the Ohio University Bobcats excellent coverage in digital and print of their basketball team.

Fans can follow Arkley’s great coverage online on his Bobcat Blog, which he has done a great job doing regular updates. Check out the Bobcat Blog at the following link:
http://www.athensmessenger.com/blogs/bobcat_blog/ 

Arkley also tweets multiple times on gameday and throughout the season. Check out his Twitter feed at @JArkley_ACMOhio

And finally, Arkley gives Bobcat fans awesome multimedia coverage with his post-game video reports. Check one of his video reports out below:

Rick Rogers with ACM Newsroom will be on location this week at the Record & Clarion, the daily website and weekly print publication in Gladwin County, Michigan.

Along with training and launching the advertising staff on the MediaSpectrum Ad Watch system, he will also be working with the newsroom on moving to inDesign from QuarkXPress 4 and launching a redesign of its weekly print product.

The staff, led by Stephanie Buffman, is doing some great things online as well, including updating their website daily as news happens.

Check out the story filed from this morning on the Fat Tuesday event in their community.

http://www.gladwinmi.com/multimedia/youtube_998901a0-5c92-11e1-815e-0019bb2963f4.html

Great use of video!

You can check out more of their work at www.gladwinmi.com.

The Cecil Whig provided unique multimedia content for its readers of a local politician’s rant after a debate got heated in one of its markets.

Read the message from Mike Bullard, editor of the Cecil Whig in Elkton, Md., below:

“Josh (Shannon, reporter and member of the Digital Reporter Project) was covering a candidate forum that turned heated. While we weren’t videoing the forum — lousy lighting and sound and usually dull — he was using a digital recorder. Turned into a video that I think will generate some traffic, even if it’s not visually compelling.”

This was a great use of resources to let readers know what happened. Yes, video would have been nice, but we agree with Mike that candidate forum videos tend to be a little dull. So, we like how the Whig team got creative with the use of audio from the reporter’s digital recorder, and mixed in photos of the parties involved and text to tell the story in a multimedia format.

Check out the report below:

Stephenville Empire Tribune  |  yourstephenvilletx.com

Waxahachie Daily Light  |  waxahachietx.com

Mesabi Daily News  |  virginiamn.com

Cecil Whig  |  cecildaily.com

Ashland Daily Press  |  ashlandwi.com

Grand Rapids Herald-Review  |  grandrapidsmn.com

Alice Echo-News Journal  |  alicetx.com