Go ahead, embed
Posted: June 19, 2009 Filed under: Great multimedia, Great tools, Video, Work | Tags: sharing, spokesman-review, Video Leave a comment »July 1, 2009 update: I’m aware that the spokesman.com videos I’ve embedded aren’t playing. I’m in touch with the admin to see what’s happening.
We (as co-workers other than me) debuted a new feature on spokesman.com videos today: video embedding.
If you check out my previous post, you’ll note that the video player looks identical to the one on spokesman.com. Thanks to Brian Immel, it is!
To grab the code on any Spokesman-Review video, just click the <> button in the lower right of the player, click “copy code,” then paste on your blog or elsewhere.
This is a great step forward in sharing the multimedia talents of Spokesman-Review photographers and videographers. We get our content out there, and we get the clicks. But why should you care? Well…
If you’re a food blogger, you might like to share this Jesse Tinsley slideshow on challah.
If you’re a sports fan, this Best of the West award-winning homage by Dan Pelle on high school coach Ron Long is worth reposting:
If you’re a weather buff, Colin Mulvany’s hustle on a serious mess on Stevens Street during last winter’s record snow is one for the books:
And if you just love a great story, consider spreading this collaboration by Kathy Plonka (photography) and Dan Pelle (production) about a Coeur d’Alene couple who got a new purpose in life when they adopted four grandchildren:
I tip my hat to my talented co-workers in this post. In the future, I’ll repost some of my own work on this space.