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New AP interactive editor: Multimedia needs to be ‘central to developing the story,’ not an afterthought

Joshua Gillin — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:37:21 +0000

As the Associated Press’ new interactive editor, Troy Thibodeaux brings to the role the varied experience you’d expect of a former travel writer, English teacher and member of the NOLA.com and Times-Picayune team that won a Pulitzer for Hurricane Katrina … Read more

Latest issue of Swallow Magazine features the smells of Mexico City

Joshua Gillin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:03:38 +0000

The New York Times | Swallow Magazine

The latest edition of Swallow Magazine, a rarely published food periodical founded in 2009, features a novel way to experience the smells of Mexico City’s culinary scene: Scratch and sniff stickers.

Maria … Read more

How news can compete with cat videos: 6 lessons for multimedia journalists

Carrie Ching — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:56:23 +0000

Necessity is the mother of invention. That’s certainly been the case with the multimedia work I do. As senior multimedia producer at the Center for Investigative Reporting, I led digital storytelling projects for six years. We were often working with … Read more

Twitter research shows how multimedia increases engagement

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:14:39 +0000

To update an old saying for the Twitter era: A picture is worth a thousand characters.

Research by Twitter shows that tweets that include a photo or video receive 3 to 4 times more engagement (retweets, replies, etc.) than those … Read more

How The Washington Post created a breakout experience for cycling story

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:51:10 +0000

The Washington Post on Thursday became the latest news organization to take the increasingly fashionable step of blowing up its article template to present a feature story in a unique, immersive format.

In December, The New York Times blew some … Read more

How The New York Times’ ‘Snow Fall’ project unifies text, multimedia

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:22:54 +0000

The New York Times is pushing multimedia storytelling in an exciting direction with a new project drawing deservedly high praise.

Let’s face it: NYT just pulled off Best Web Design of 2012 with this. nyti.ms/12qOu1N

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman)
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Wall Street Journal rolls out video network powered by smartphone-toting journalists

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:08:23 +0000

WSJ.com | WSJ news release
Since news organizations are paying all that money for journalists to carry around iPhones, why not put them to better use?

: The WorldStream page updates live as new clips come in every few minutes.

The … Read more

5 ways journalism educators can teach students to use multimedia in breaking news coverage

Katy Culver — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:24:49 +0000

As wildfires ravaged her state, Colorado College journalism lecturer Diane Alters emailed a list of fellow educators for suggestions on how to give her students breaking news reporting experience — and also keep them safe in the process.

The query … Read more

10 tips for using audio more effectively in multimedia stories

Casey Frechette — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:55:13 +0000

Sound can make or break a multimedia production, whether it’s an audio slideshow, a documentary video or an interactive narrative. Unfortunately, audio often gets short shrift. Visuals and interactive elements tend to command our attention, and just getting the story … Read more

Why contests need to do a better job of recognizing changes in multimedia journalism

Keith Jenkins — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:00:45 +0000

I recently had the privilege of serving as a juror for the World Press Photo’s multimedia contest in Amsterdam.

This was, by far, one of the most organized contests I’ve attended. (For eight years I oversaw judging for the National … Read more