Planning & deliveringdigital stories

Steve ButtryCBCnews.ca

Nov. 18, 2011#CBCstory

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Plan for the day• Overview of digital storytelling tools &

techniques• Group exercise: Analyze digital stories• Working lunch: Demonstrate tools• Group exercise: Plan (& work on) digital

story• Present story plans

Ask about each story• Can you cover the story live?• What are potential multimedia elements of

your story?• How can a map help tell your story?• How can you engage the community? • What links will provide greater depth?• Can data provide depth, personal info?• What form will tell this story best?• What content should you curate?

Live coverage• Liveblog as the story happens (CoverItLive,

ScribbleLive, update story/blog)• Live-tweet (feed into liveblog)• Livestream with webcasts, webcams,

dashboard cam• Feed tweets into blog/story using a widget• Live data• Text alerts

Multimedia elements• Photos (individual photos, galleries, time

lapse, audio slide shows, submitted, social, media, panoramic)

• Videos (raw, edited, in story, webcam, webcast, security cameras, user-submitted, social media, link to video)

• Animation (Flash, HTML5)• Audio (alone, w/ photos or videos)• Bring it all together

Maps• Invite users to tell their stories & share their

photos on map• Story unfolds live on the map• Map as database• Map is format for user-guided story• Map in motion• Crowdmap

Engage the community• Crowdsource (investigations, features, events)• Collaborate w/ or curate blogs• Conversation on Twitter, Facebook• Polls• Contests• Hashtags• Sharing tools, ratings• Ask for photos, videos

LinksEditorial reason: ContextEthical reason: AttributionBusiness benefits:• Generate traffic• Boost SEOSending users away works for Google; it will

work for you, too.

Databases• Help users personalize story• Answer questions• Provide depth• Provide detail• Interactive• Data visualization

Alternate story form• List• Graphic novel• Timeline• Map• Graphic• Self-directed, not linear

What is curation?Museum curator:• Studies topic• Chooses relevant

content (other sources & museum collection)

• Authenticates• Groups related items• Provides context• Presents exhibit

Journalism curator:• Studies topic• Chooses relevant

content (social media, blogs, staff)

• Authenticates• Groups related items• Provides context• Presents collected

content

NPR’s Andy Carvin

“I think curation has always been a part of journalism; we just didn't call it that.” – quoted in The Atlantic by Phoebe Connelly

Curation tools for journos• Google & other search engines• Twitter Search (advanced)• Other Social media search• Storify, Storyful, Chirpstory

Gathering content• Reporting notes• Shoot video• Shoot photos• Record audio• Acquire video• Acquire database• Scrape data

• Web search• Social search (can

localize)• Blog search• Archival search• Invite submissions• What else?

Presenting story• Text• Video• Slideshow• Photo gallery• Animation• Map(s)

• Timeline• Graphic• Embed(s)• Combination• What else?

Storytelling exercise• What are the elements used?• How was content gathered?• How was the story presented?• What skills were needed?• What could make the story better?• How might you use these tools,

techniques on an upcoming story?

Choose a digital story• Collapse of highway bridge• Parkersburg tornado• Vanishing coastline• Choose a story from Visual.ly• Faces of the Dead & Faces of the Fallen

Some storytelling tools

• Storify & Storyful (curate social & Web content)

• Intersect (time & place)• Maps (Google & Crowdmap)• Timelines (Dipity & Memolane)• Visual.ly• What else?

Follow up• Send links of your digital stories to: sbuttry@journalregister.com• These tips, tools & examples:

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