Today, I am going to be talking about multimedia journalism at The Ohio State University. I will be making a very pragmatic argument to these students. Mainly, it is in their best interest to enhance their stories through the use of multiple media types. In my short talk, I will present audio slideshows as something all of them can easily do. I will then go over other multimedia forms (e.g., backpack journalism, database visualization). Here are the links to the examples I will be using (I am sure I won’t have time to get to them all):
Audio Slideshows
Granville Clock – This is a simple little slideshow from the Post Star in Saratoga, New York. It covers the restoration of an antique clock in Granville, New York.
The Miami Herald in Haiti – This slideshow covers the destruction and rebuilding after the Haiti earthquake.
His Body is a Prison – This slideshow was produced by the L.A. Times and covers the life of man who was rendered a quadriplegic.
Tampa Trash Clean-up – This slideshow was produced by my wife while she was a summer student fellow at the Poynter Institute. I use it as a teaching tool, because my wife is a newspage designer by trade and was able to put this together in just a few days.
Backpack Journalism
On More Game – Video story produced at a backpack journalism workshop at American University. It is a slice of life story about a street chess player in Washington D.C.
Database
Unemployment by demographics – New York Times interactive about unemployment.
Tampa Bay Mugshots – The infamous St. Pete Times mugshot website.
Gamifying the News
NYTimes Budget Game – Lets you try to balance the budget.
What symbol speaks to your generation? – An interactive quiz that tells you about your generation by USA Today.
Full Packages
Girl in the Window – Pulitzer Prize winning feature package by the St. Pete Times.
Homicide 37 – Pulitzer Prize nominated public affairs story by the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Darfur - MediaStorm’s coverage of the crisis in Darfur for the Council on Foreign Relations.
New Technologies/Ideas
Storify – Tool for curating social media sources to tell real-time stories.
WikiNews – Like Wikipedia but for news stories.
Spot.us – A website that helps provide prospective funding for works of journalism.
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