Digital Storytelling Interview as story: on radio, online and in print Insane Clown PosseWhether they use full-on storytelling or just crib a few literary devices, interviews have their own narrative arcs and angles. From political drama (think the Frost-Nixon standoff or… December 16, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Twitter as story: a work in progress Stephen Colbert mocking the national Christmas tree’s Twitter account shows that the frivolousness of the plucky social media tool is still up for debate. No doubt Twitter’s popularity offsets some… December 6, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Drea Cooper on visual storytelling, "California is a Place" and the maker in the middle of the story Drea Cooper, the early yearsDrea Cooper partners with Zackary Canepari on “California is a Place,” a series of films chosen as our latest Notable Narrative. Cooper has done documentary work… October 29, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Death outside a DC nightclub: TBD uses Storify to create a breaking news narrative Can social media serve as source material for compelling news narratives? A number of innovative tools and programs have been developed that have interesting à la carte uses or make for beautiful… October 18, 2010 Andrea Pitzer "Brèves de Trottoirs": Olivier Lambert and Thomas Salva create a multimedia map of Paris How do you map the life of a city? A Web documentary from writer Olivier Lambert and photojournalist Thomas Salva, “Brèves de Trottoirs,” (literal translation: "Sidewalk Shorts") aims to find… October 15, 2010 Andrea Pitzer What’s the buzz? Monkeying with story in the hive mind We have to start with the monkeys. The infinite number of monkeys that, given their own personal typewriters and an infinite amount of time, would produce the works of William… October 4, 2010 Peggy Nelson Move over Lady Gaga; meet Ron Charles (a.k.a. the Totally Hip Video Book Reviewer) Has book publishing found its savior? Well, probably not, but in August, The Washington Post's Ron Charles made his small-screen debut in the role of a cranky, self-important book reviewer.… October 1, 2010 Andrea Pitzer USA Today’s Joshua Hatch on digital storytelling, Katrina and using technology with "a narrative purpose" We talked last week by phone with USA Today interactives director Joshua Hatch about "Five Years Later: Hurricane Katrina," the paper's attempt to document the recovery and continuing struggles of… August 25, 2010 Andrea Pitzer How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Flow Nothing prepares you for your first time. You’re out with someone, maybe a date, maybe just friends, everything’s fine, and then he whips it out, right in front of you… July 23, 2010 Peggy Nelson Audience storytelling from "Star Wars" to "Top Secret America": interactivity across the spectrum Chewbacca and Washington Post reporters may have more in common than you think: both might get an assist from the general public on in-depth projects that are in the news… July 19, 2010 Andrea Pitzer Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 11 Next
