http://mileditors.com professional tool for military writers, editors and photographers Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:26:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Balloons Float Skyward, Survivor Outreach Services Family & MWR Command, 100724, originally uploaded by familymwr. The splashes of color make a relaxing, random pattern across the sky, nicely contrasted against the weights of the clouds behind. The kids and volunteers on the ground work to draw the viewer into the photo; ... http://mileditors.com/archives/446 100718-F-2319R-001, originally uploaded by U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos. Draw the lines vertically, horizontally or diagonally -- the subject's face, in this case, is dead center. Yet this is a pretty strong composition due to the juxtaposition of mass - the tree balancing the troops - and several imaginary lines ... http://mileditors.com/archives/443 DoD revamped its Social Media hub  July 22. It's now well thought-out with a visitor focus.  It's dead easy to find what you need. From Federal Computer Week: DOD today launched an updated Social Media Hub Web page to provide quick links to service-affiliated Facebook, Twitter and YouTube social media sites as ... http://mileditors.com/archives/440 Photo File: Determination and depth, originally uploaded by Utter East. U.S. Army Pfc. Jennifer Eldridge, from 12th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), pauses for a moment during the Joint Multinational Training Command (JMTC) Best Warrior Competition 2010 on Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 9, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach/Released). Framing the ... http://mileditors.com/archives/434 Next time you want to search for Army images on a specific subject, try this trick in Internet Explorer 7 or higher: 1. Go to the Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer page (select "Find More Providers" in the search window on your browser). 2. In the yellow "create your own" box, under ... http://mileditors.com/archives/431 How seriously do industry communicators take social media monitoring? Here's an interesting glimpse, courtesy of Mashable: The room features 6 big monitors with 5 seats for Gatorade’s marketing team to track a number of data visualizations and dashboards – also available on to employees on their desktops — that the company ... http://mileditors.com/archives/429 Associated Press released its 2010 Stylebook today. Good news:  AP acknowledges 21st-century usage. Bad news: We gotta learn the new rules. Mashable reports: The AP Stylebook has released its new social media guidelines, including the official change from “Web site” to “website” (a move first reported back in April) and 41 other ... http://mileditors.com/archives/427 PBS and the Newseum in Washington, D.C., offer this companion blog to their series, The Future of News. Seems to come from an old-media perspective, however. http://mileditors.com/archives/425 Cheryl Rodewig of The Bayonnet, Fort Benning, Ga., did more than justice to one of the first African-American WACs in her profile, 'Pioneer' for women in military shares story. The piece might have written itself, based on the subject's life story. But Rodewig used pace and variety to drive the reader from ... http://mileditors.com/archives/423 Published in Jan 2010, a George Washington University and Cision survey of journalists reports 89% use blogs and 65% use social networks to research stories. Lee Odden at the TopRank Online Marketing Blog analyzes results of a couple of  studies measuring reporters' use of online resources. PAOs should be aware of these ... http://mileditors.com/archives/421