picking the right media for a story
Related Links
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
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