Telling the Story
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The document discusses multimedia journalism and encourages journalists to assess their strengths across various formats such as audio, video, text, and photography. It highlights effective storytelling techniques for different media types, offering examples and tips on how to convey narratives using visuals and sound. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of tools like maps and timelines to enhance storytelling and provide context.
Telling the Story
- 1. Telling the story Multimedia Journalism By Holly Edgell October 2011
- 2. What kind of journalist are you?  You may have a “first love” or affinity for a particular platform  Audio  Video  Text  Photography  Graphics
- 3. Forget that for now!  Consider yourself a multimedia journalist  Assess your strengths and weaknesses.  Technology?  Visual approaches?  Writing?  Interviewing?  Data?  Research?
- 4. What’s the story?  People  Place  Process  Trends and data
- 5. VIDEO  Good for:  Action  Characters  Example: Duck in a truck  Crime  Kids  Animals  Comedy  Drama  Food  How-to
- 6. Video How to tell a “concept” story: Example: Economy in a box What are some kinds of stories that may not be suited to Video?
- 7. Video A few tips: • Avoid TELLING when you can SHOW • WRITE to your video • Use sound bites for • Emotion • Insight • Expertise NOT: data, abstract concepts, information you can summarize or paraphrase
- 8. Photography  Photos are the most popular online media element.  Good for  Emotion  Central character  Central places  Reflection  Detail
- 9. Photography  NARRATIVE Example: Navigating the City without Sight  Slideshow  INTENSITY Example: President Obama and staff  Slideshow  EVENT Example: Palin& Beck event (St. Charles, MO Patch)  Story  Extra slideshow
- 10. Audio  Good for:  Human voice  “Taking you there”  Creating a mood  Reflection
- 11. Audio  Evocative stories  EXAMPLE: Why is BART so noisy?  EXAMPLE: Inside Haiti  Stand alone audio  EXAMPLE: Michael Jackson 911 call
- 12. EXTRAS: Maps  Makes data and trends real  Provide context  Examples:  Wichita Unsolved Murders  Stink map
- 13. EXTRAS: Timelines  Great for trends, historical context, narrative  Example: 1969 (New York Times)  Example: Inventing the Wheel
- 14. Tools  Timelines  Create your own: TimelineSetter  Create your own: Dipity  Create your own: Simile  Maps  embed a MapQuest Map  embed a Google Map
- 15. EXTRAS:  POLLS  Example: PollDaddy  LINK (or embed) like crazy!  Videos  Example: Mac vs. PC  Related articles  Resources