The document defines multimedia journalism as the convergence of traditional media like television, radio, and print with digital media found on the internet and mobile devices. Multimedia journalism presents different media types like text, video, audio, and interactive elements together in a single online news story for comprehension, convenience, and cohesion. Examples of multimedia journalism can be found everywhere on the web as almost every online news story incorporates multiple media types.

1. BASICS OF JOURNALISM
 Journalists should always perform two
basic function (the 2 “I’s”):
 INVESTIGATE & INFORM
 And they should always perform them:
 As ACCURATELY & FAIRLY as they
possibly can

2. BASICS OF JOURNALISM
 Who?
 What?
 When?
 Where?
 Why?

3. MASS MEDIA TYPES
 Print from the late 1400s
 Recordings from the late 1800s
 Cinema/Film from about 1900
 Radio from about 1910 (broadcast media)
 Television from about 1950 (broadcast media)
 Internet from about 1990 (digital media)
 Mobile from about 2000 (digital media)

4. WHAT IS
“MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM”?
 What does “Multimedia” mean?
 MULTI
 = more than one; multiple
 MEDIA
 = technology tools used to store
and deliver information or data

5. MOST COMMON
MULTIMEDIA TYPES
 Print/Text/Words/Still Photos (as in
newspaper/magazine stories)
 Video (as in news stories on TV)
 Audio (as in news stories on Radio)
 Interactivity (Links, Animations, Timelines,
Sharing & Email options, etc. as in web
stories)

6. WHAT IS
“MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM”?
 The converging of traditional
broadcast journalism avenues like
Television and Radio with aspects of
Print journalism and Digital media
found in Internet and Mobile
technology

7. WHAT IS
“MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM”?
“MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM” IS
JOURNALISM OF DIFFERENT &
MULTIPLE TYPES FOUND AT THE
SAME DIGITAL/ONLINE SOURCE
FOR THE SAKE OF
COMPREHENSION, CONVENIENCE,
AND COHESION

8. WHAT IS
“MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM”?
ONLINE PRINT (NEWSPAPER),
VIDEO (TV), AUDIO (RADIO)
& INTERACTIVE (WEB) ALL
TOGETHER AND IN ONE
PLACE MOVING TOWARDS
ONE DESTINATION:
THE MULTIMEDIA NEWS
STORY!

9. FINDING EXAMPLES
 So where do you find examples of
Multimedia Journalism?
 …EVERYWHERE ON THE WEB! Almost
every news story on the Internet is
“multimedia” in some way or another…
 Find an example right now to share with
the class

10. FINDING EXAMPLES
 WHAT TYPES OF MEDIA ARE
PRESENT IN YOUR EXAMPLE:
 Print?
 Audio (no video attached)?
 Video?
 Interactivity?