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Happy MLK Day; Multimedia then and now

Monday, January 21, 2008

One of the reasons I love multimedia journalism is because of the mix between the old and the new. Computers and writing: a match made in heaven. Along those lines, I present to you one of my favorite iterations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Here it is mashed up with the classic house track "Can You Feel It."

The speech was delivered August 28, 1963, when multimedia was still in its infancy. Check out what reporters had to use before the inundation of technology we have today.


Then: TV camera	Now: Portable camera


Then: Reel to reel	Now: Digital audio recorder


Then: Rotary telephone	Now: BlackBerry


Then: Teletype	Now: Email


Then: Typewriter	Now: Laptop


Then: Notepad and pencil	Now: Notepad and pencil

Alas, some things never change.

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