picking the right media for a story

Readings and Resources

Here are some additional resources and readings on how to pick the best type of media for a story:

• Cheat sheet for multimedia story decisions - by Regina McCombs, posted at Mindy McAdams' Teaching Online Journalism site
• Multimedia decisions: Choosing the right medium for your message - Mark Gould, 8/9/2010
• Multimedia Picker: Choose the right medium for your message - an interactive exercise by Mark Luckie

Also check out these examples of multimedia stories to see how different types of media were used to tell different aspects of a story.

Or spend time studying the multimedia packages on these sites:

• Interactive Narratives from the Online News Association
• Kobre guide to the Web’s best multimedia & videojournalism
• Best of Multimedia Design Winners - Society for News Design
• Online Journalism Awards - Online News Association
• Finding the Frame - a site where journalists submit their multimedia projects for review by expert visual storytellers