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NEWS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: John Aiken (651) 297-8919 STATE CANVASSING BOARD MEETS TUESDAY -Office provides live feed of board meeting to media outlets WHAT: The State Canvassing Board’s convenes to approve the allocation of the remaining withdrawn ballots in the U.S. Senate race. WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 30 9 a.m. WHERE: Room 15 State Capitol…
read moreIndependent Journalists, New Media Gurus, Bloggers, Alternative Media Outlets… Are you looking for a place to work during the Republican National Convention? Space is limited and will fill up quickly. Where: 3 locations around the Xcel Center in Saint Paul. Credentials allow access to all three locations during the convention. The UpTake New Media Space…
read moreI had a feeling of Deja Vu watching KARE-11, the Minneapolis NBC affiliate try using the Mogulus live streaming service today. The live camera was coming from Eric Perkins, their reporter who is in Bejing covering the Olympics and their anchor in the Twin Cities. I watched as even with the assistance of seasoned broadcast…
read moreThere are a several dates we can point to for the birth of The UpTake. We first met to discuss doing this in early 2007. July 2007 is the month that we launched this website with our first video post and it also happens to be the birth month of our nation. The UpTake also…
read moreOver the next few days I’m focusing on ways we can make this whole video coverage thing easier to do. The biggest barrier facing anyone wanting to do video citizen journalism is usually a technical one. How do I capture the video with my camera and then get it on to the internet? Any article…
read moreCity Pages is recognizing what you’ve known for some time. In its annual best of the Twin Cities issue, City Pages named The UpTake as the Best Citizen Based Media Outlet. Read more about it here. We’re flattered and want to share the credit.Several names get mentioned in the article, but The UpTake is much…
read moreCross posted from the TimeScape Media Forums Automatic video cameras are great. But they’re not as smart as they should be. Otherwise they’d yell at you if you were shooting someone with a background twice as bright as the light on the person’s face. Until they make ’em that smart, you’ll just need to remember…
read moreOver the next few days I’m focusing on ways we can make this whole video coverage thing easier to do. The biggest barrier facing anyone wanting to do video citizen journalism is usually a technical one. How do I capture the video with my camera and then get it on to the internet? Any article…
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