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Trends in Multimedia Journalism
Cindy Royal, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Texas State University
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
www.cindyroyal.com
www.onthatnote.com
cindytech.wordpress.com
1997Black Hawk Down
1998Drudge ReportGoogle1999BloggerIndyMedia
2000OhMyNewsAOL/Time Warner merger
2001DotCom Bust9/11 TributesWikipedia launched
2002Google News
2004Jon Stewart on CrossfireRathergatePress Credentials to BloggersWikiNews, Facebook, Digg
2005YouTubeNews Corporation buys MySpace2006
MacacaInvention of the Year - YouTubePerson of the Year - YouGoogle Buys YouTube $1.65B
2003RSSGoogle Buys BloggerMySpace launched
1995Craigslist launchedSlate, Salon, USA Today, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer online
2007VA TechTwitter tips at SXSWInvention of the Year - iPhoneCNN/ YouTube Debates
Pre-1995Wired Magazine - 1993NY Times on AOL - 1994Nando -1994
1996Washington PostWall Street JournalChicago TribuneLA TimesMSNBC
2008CBS acquires CNETCandidates embrace social mediaEveryBlock.com
Milestones in Multimedia
2009
1st phone from scene
Key Terms
• Blog• Web 2.0 • User-generated content• Mobile/Moblogging• Mashup• RSS • Tag/ Tag Cloud• Podcast/Vcast• Wiki• Web-first journalism• Programmer/Journalist
New opportunities for storytelling
http://newspapervideo.ning.com/profile/JorgeSanhuezaLyon
Think story, not tools
• Writing is still key • Tell engaging stories• A People Torn, Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/11608761.html
Focus on visual, sound
• Maximize use of photos, audio, video where appropriate
• National Geographic - Ivory Warshttp://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/03/ivory-wars/fay-text
Make it interactive
• Involve the user• User as contributor• NY Times - Rent vs. Buy
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/10/business/2007_BUYRENT_GRAPHIC.html
Integrate media
• Don’t fixate on one medium; seamlessly integrate text, audio, video, photos, interactivity, graphics
• Be comfortable working in teams• Washington Post - Being a Black Man• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/blackmen/blackmen.html
Have a broad base of skills
• Pick the right tool for the job• http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/30/business/economy/2009-economy-
words.html?ref=multimedia
Pool your resources
• Combine existing work on the same topic into a cohesive package
• Las Vegas Sun – History of Las Vegashttp://www.lasvegassun.com/history/
Be creative
• Get ideas from other industries: advertising, technology, social networking.
• Seek best practices• Washington Post - On Being
http://specials.washingtonpost.com/onbeing/
Be creative
• Please Touch Museum – Philadelphia Inquirerhttp://www.philly.com/inquirer/special/30621649.html
Use data
• Geography of a Recession – NY Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/03/us/20090303_LEONHARDT.html
Provide resources
• Age of Uncertainty – Roanoke Timeshttp://blogs.roanoke.com/ageofuncertainty/
Student Projects
• Learn skills in XHTML, CSS, Flash, graphic design, photo, audio, & video editing
• Digital Storytelling via integration of tools• A Toast to the Hill Country -
mclabserv.oldmain.txstate.edu/wine_tour• San Marcos Online -
mclabserv.oldmain.txstate.edu/sanmarcos• Thread Austin -
mclabserv.oldmain.txstate.edu/threadaustin• Firestation Studios - http://www.jonzmikly.com/final/• Pop-up Music Buzz -
http://cncooper.com/popupmusic/index.html• South By Texas State – www.sxtxstate.com
Issues and Questions
• Skills students need to be prepared to contribute to multimedia environment
• How to teach critical thinking and judgment, as opposed to tools
• What’s next?
Resources• SXSW Interactive - www.sxsw.com/interactive• Wired Magazine - www.wired.com• Cyberjournalist.net - Great Work Gallery -
www.cyberjournalist.net/category/great-work-gallery• Online News Association - ona.org• Online Journalism Awards - http://www.journalists.org/• Knight Digital Media Center - www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org• Poynter Online and Multimedia - www.poynter.org/subject.asp?id=26• Wired Journalists - wiredjournalists.com/• Online Journalism Review Archives - ojr.org• Interactive Narratives - interactivenarratives.org/• News Videographer Blog - Angela Grant - newsvideographer.com• We The Media by Dan Gillmor• Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins• The Long Tail by Chris Anderson (forthcoming book “Free” coming in July)• Editor & Publisher Awards -
royal.reliaserve.com/eppy/winners2008.html• Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication - jcmc.indiana.edu