Digital Media Information References

Digital media professional associations and publications

    by Douglas Dixon

• Social Media Sites
• Job / Career Sites
• Professional Organizations
• Websites and Magazines

See also: Digital Media Conferences - 2010-- National and regional

Social Media Sites

Facebook - Not just for school kids
    Creatives
    Over 175 million active users ('10)
    www.facebook.com

LinkedIn - For Business 
    Contacts, groups, networking into companies
    Over 30 million professionals ('10)
    www.linkedin.com

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Job / Career Sites

Monster.com
    www.monster.com

Craigslist - Cities, Job categories
    New York City - newyork.craigslist.org
    NYC - Art / Media / Design - newyork.craigslist.org/med/

Yahoo Groups
    Digital-Video-NewMedia-Freelance-Board - groups.yahoo.com/group/Digital-Video-NewMedia-Freelance-Board

Indeed - Search engine for jobs
    Major job boards, newspapers, associations and company career pages
    www.indeed.com

Mediabistro - Career and community for media professionals
    www.mediabistro.com

ProBlogger Job Board - Companies looking for bloggers
    jobs.problogger.net

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Professional Organizations

Computers / Animation / Engineering

ACM - World's largest educational and scientific computing society
    www.acm.org

    Princeton ACM / IEEE Chapter - www.acm.org/chapters/princetonacm

ACM SIGGRAPH - Computer Graphics and  Interactive Techniques
    www.siggraph.org

    SIGGRAPH 2009 - Aug. 3 - 7, 2009 - New Orleans - www.siggraph.org/s2009

    Jobs - HeadsUp newsletter - www.siggraph.org/jobs

    New York Chapter - http://nyc.siggraph.org

IEEE / Computer Society
    www.ieee.org
    www.computer.org

Usability Professionals' Association
    www.upassoc.org

    Usability NJ - www.usabilitynj.org

SMPTE - Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
    www.smpte.org

    Philadelphia Chapter - www.philasmpte.org

AES - Audio Engineering Society
    www.aes.org

    Philadelphia Chapter - www.phillyaes.org

Acoustical Society of America
    http://asa.aip.org

Video & Audio Production / Events

MCA-I - Media Communications Association-International
    www.mca-i.org

    MCAI / New York Chapter - www.mcainy.org
    MCAI / North Jersey Chapter - www.mca-inj.org
    MCAI - Philadelphia Chapter - www.phillymca-i.org

WEVA - Wedding & Event Videographers Association
    www.weva.com

IDMA - International Digital Media Alliance - Content producers
    DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and online / downloadable / interactive content producers
    (was DVDA - DVD Association - www.dvda.org)
    www.idmaonline.org

DVPA - Digital Video Professionals Association
    Training and discounts
    www.dvpa.com

N.J. Media / Marketing / Communications Groups

NJTC -- NJ Technology Council
    www.njtc.org

NJ Biz - Business News New Jersey
    www.njbiz.com

Trenton Film Festival
    www.TrentonFilmFestival.org

NJ CAMA - NJ Communications, Advertising and Marketing Assoc.  (dormant)
    www.njcama.org

River Communications Group - Delaware river / New Hope
    www.rivercommunicationsgroup.com

JSPRAA - Jersey Shore Public Relations & Advertising Association 
    www.jspraa.com

BMA / NJ - Business Marketing Association, New Jersey Chapter
    www.bma-nj.org

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Digital Media Websites and Magazines

Websites for digital media information - News, blogs, articles
    See daily / weekly electronic newsletters, job boards
    Magazines with free subscriptions, now in digital 

Digital Media Industry

Safari books online (O'Reilly)
    On-demand digital library that provides access to thousands of technology, creative and business books, training videos
        and expert reference and learning materials from leading publishers including O'Reilly , Addison-Wesley, Peachpit 
    www.safaribooksonline.com

    O'Reilly Digital Media - digitalmedia.oreilly.com

Creative Cow - Community for Digital Media Professionals
    www.creativecow.net

Lynda.com - Online training
    www.lynda.com

Digital Media Net
    120 distinct industry-specific web sites, plus newsletters
    www.digitalmedianet.com

Home Media Magazine
    www.homemediamagazine.com

TWICE, This Week In Consumer Electronics
    www.twice.com

Digital Media Wire
    Daily news, Industry forums: Music, Television, Games
    www.digitalmediawire.com

Information Today

EMedialive.com, Streaming Media, Event DV
www.infotoday.com

Event DV - Event videopgraphy
    www.eventdv.net

EMedialive.com
    www.emedialive.com

Streaming Media
    www.streamingmedia.com

Penton Media

Video - Digital Content Producer, millimeter
Music Recording/Live Events - Electronic Musician, Mix, Remix, Sound & Video Contractor
www.penton.com

Digital Content Producer - Video Systems + millimeter
    digitalcontentproducer.com

EM - Electronic Musician
    emusician.com

Mix - Professional Audio and Music Production
    mixonline.com

Reel Exchange Hotlist - Professional networking website for film and video professionals
    reel-exchange.com

Access Intelligence

Studio/monthly, Film & Video, Studiodaily.com, HD/Studio
www.accessintel.com

Studio Daily / Monthly
    studiodaily.com

Film & Video
    studiodaily.com/filmandvideo

COP Communications

www.copcomm.com

Post
    postmagazine.com

Computer Graphics World
    www.cgw.com

NewBay Media

Broadcast / Video: Videography, DV, Government Video, Television Broadcast, TV Technology, Radio World
    Events: Digital Video Expo, Government Video and Technology Expo, HD House
Music Industry: Bass Player, EQ, Guitar Player, Keyboard
Professional Audio: AudioMedia, ProSound News, Pro Audio Review
Systems Integration: Digital Signage, Rental & Staging Systems, Residential Systems
www.nbmedia.com

Videography
    videography.com

DV Magazine
    www.dv.com

2-Pop - Digital filmmaker resources / Creative Planet
    www.2-pop.com

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