3340 Digital Story Telling Media Types Story Boarding February 28 08

Digital Storytelling & Tools University of North Texas Department of Journalism Online Journalism 3340 February 26, 2008

The Five ‘I’s
Interactivity
Involvement
Immediacy
Integration
In-depth

Text Static Graphic: Photo Text Box Online Discussion Lurker Link
Interactive:
Timeline
fact box
Slideshow
map
Quiz Interactive Game Interactive Flash Content Online Discussions Reporter Email Interaction/Involvement Continuum Low High The greater the interaction and involvement, the higher the learning

Integration
“ Among-media”
Shovelware
Reproducing newspaper story as-is into newspaper
Posting video from newscast onto the web
“ I think that the great fear was that we were all going to turn into three-headed monsters and do three times as much work in eight hours, and you just can’t. And, furthermore, you probably won’t do it that well; particularly in a market this size you can’t afford to have a mediocre person on TV or a mediocre news writer.”
Jim Riley, Director of Operations, of TBO.com
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017858030.php

Integration
“ Within-media”
Great reporting + multimedia using digital media tools: your pen, paper, digital recorder, digital video camera
Long form narrative meets digital story telling
Fully integrated into the story assignment process
Ability for more in-depth coverage
Better interviews
Greater consciousness of photos
Selected use of video
Fairness & accuracy still reign

Digital Storytelling Tools
Shovelware out, Within Media In
It’s no place for lazy journalists
Dig deeper, report more, drive to find more sources, quicker
Need to be more accurate and more thorough
Search, research and verify

Rules of the road:
Tighter, shorter copy
Section heads
Boldface type, bulleted presentations
Pull out quotes
Timelines
Links
Fact Boxes
Graphics
Visuals
Audio

Drilling Down – What Really Works
Timelines
Old School: Static graphic in chronological order
New School: Dates, images, description, audio
http://www. reuters . com/news/globalcoverage/timelines
Quality Audio & Video
Slide shows
Story Boards

Story Boarding
It’s all about nonlinear!!!
Divide the story into its logical, nonlinear parts, such as:
A lead or nut paragraph, essentially addressing why this story is important
Profiles of the main person or people in the story
The event or situation
Any process or how something works
The history of the event or situation
Other related issues raised by the story

Story boarding
Change the way you think:
Avoid “First Part”, “Second Part”, etc.
Divide the contents of story into media elements
Video
Still photos
Audio
Graphics
Text

Story boarding
Determine which pieces of story work best with video
What a great way to see, hear, watch
Decide which still photos you want
Creates moods, punctuates your text, adds context, richness
Which audio? And will still photos work with it?
Bad audio detracts from the story, the audio and the entire package
What about graphics
Animated graphics help show how things work
Go where no cameras can go: e.g. showing how things work, like cells or space

Story boarding
Using maps
Google, government, satellite imaging
Showing neighborhoods, patterns of crime
Text
“ Chunking stories”. Q&A. First-person. Investigative.
Complementary media, not redundant
Match each element.
Interactivity means reader involvement

3340 Digital Story Telling Media Types Story Boarding February 28 08

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