Category: Digital Media

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Optimizing Photos for the Web

Photos on the web are essential elements of storytelling and connecting with our audience. But it’s important to note that:

  • Photos are usually the biggest factor in total webpage weight.
  • The weightier the page, the slower it is to load, especially on slow internet connections.
  • The average smart phone photo is more than 2 MB in file size. Too heavy!
  • The average modern DSLR photo is more
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Archives and the Future of News

National Film and Sound Archive building

“Of all our national assets, Archives are the most precious; they are the gift of one generation to another and the extent of our care of them marks the extent of our civilization.”
– Arthur G. Doughty, Dominion Archivist, 1904-1935

At the dawn of the web I was producing a radio show at WILL, the public broadcasting station at the University of Illinois. We were creating about … Read the rest