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Help us AP Stylebook (in Room 114) http://www.apstylebook.com Sites about interactive storytelling • Batten Awards (winners of contest for innovative online journalism) j-lab.org/batten04winners.html • Batten Awards (notable entries in contest for innovative online journalism) j-lab.org/04notables.html • Elements of Digital Storytelling (taxonomy of digital storytelling, analysis of current practices, innovative examples) inms.umn.edu/elements/ • Five Steps to Multimedia Reporting (for reporters learning to do multimedia reporting) journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia • Interactive Documentaries: annenberg.usc/labyrinth • Interactive Narratives (a database of great examples) interactivenarratives.org • Jen Friedberg (a pioneer in online visual storytelling) jenfriedberg.com/load.html • Joe Weiss (a master of multimedia storytelling) joeweiss.com/ Interactive storytelling sites by professionals • Civil Rights Today(MSNBC’s Big Picture series takes weeks to produce; template speeds production; sponsors pick up tab) msnbc.msn.com/id/5439480 • Columbia Crash (how different sites covered the disaster in ways that couldn’t have been done in print or on TV) cyberjournalist.net/features/shuttlestorytelling020403.html • CROP: Up Close - Donovan State Prison (SignOnSanDiego.com published this Flash documentary, which features audio-narrated still images mixed with video clips plus text. The web documentary was completely produced in-house; this continues the trend of newspaper companies—SignOnSanDiego.com is a service of the San Diego Union-Tribune—crossing the line into producing broadcast-like content; the site has been a pioneer in using video to cover local news, and this documentary is a further step) signonsandiego.com/news/metro/crop/ • History of Seattle University (click on a history of excellence; the boxes at the top identify the time period; when you click on those, you get an intro in a white box in the center section; you click on the thumbnails at the bottom to read the stories in this section) seattleu.edu/home/history/ • Jim West: A Spokesman-Review Investigation (in May 2005, after a three-year investigation, the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review caught/trapped the mayor in a sex scandal; the paper’s extensive online coverage included e-mails, transcripts, interviews, videos and sound recordings; the website provided a more detailed look at unfolding developments than newspaper stories could; the notes the editor-in-chief made during a phone interview with the mayor were linked to the resulting article, showing how an interview develops into a story; an update box at the top of thesection’s main page linked to breaking stories; hundreds of comments from readers were posted for everyone to read) spokesmanreview.com/jimwest/ • Losing Mary (from NorthJersey.com is a story that follows a woman through her fight and eventual death from breast cancer; click the link to view the Flash presentation) tanzania.northjersey.com/promo/flashfinal/intro.html • Marine Attractions Below the Surface (Sun-Sentinel) sun-sentinel.com/news/custom/interactivefeature/sfl-marine-flash.htmlstory • Mr. Picasso Head (make your own Picasso) mrpicassohead.com/canvas.html?&c=1&id=6cb0bae • Olympics of Tomorrow (MSNBC’s Big Picture series takes weeks to produce; template speeds production; sponsors pick up tab) msnbc.msn.com/id/5625317 • September 11 (USA Today) usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/wtc2002/control.htm • September 11 (Newsday) nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/wtc/ • Six Billion (a content- and multimedia-rich site that bills itself as “an online magazine of narrative journalism) sixbillion.org/ • Spheres of Influence (Bush Campaign Pioneers,
a project of The Washington Post) • Vietnam: 30 Years Beyond War (Strong storytelling through moving photos and startling statistics that aren’t out there in the public eye. Anniversary makes for good time to revisit the story, but given the current involvement abroad, also shows the costly price of war. Look-back photos in last gallery are moving and effective.) mercurynewsphoto.com/ • Virtual Knee Surgery (illustrates step-by-step knee surgery in a kid-friendly way) edheads.org/activities/knee/swf/surgery.htm • Witness: A Photographic Explanation of Everyday Life: startribune.com/witness/ • World in the Balance (PBS put together an impressive companion website for its NOVA “World in the Balance program about “the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations”; interactive features include a matching game showing how demographic data shape the future of countries; a global trends quiz; and a series of maps showing the impact of population growth) pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/ Interactive storytelling sites by students • The Ancient Way (UNC at Chapel Hill) theancientway.org/portal.htm • Blair Bunting (an ASU student’s fabulous showcase for his artwork) blairbunting.com • A Chilling Effect? Alaska’s Heartland Reacts to the Patriot Act (this site, created by two students from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, won a national award) uaf.edu/journal/extreme/Patriot/flash.html • Chiloe Stories (UNC at Chapel Hill) chiloestories.org • Creative student websites from Brazil (try the third one down—Um dia roubaram todas as minhas chaves [One day all my keys were stolen]; you have to keep clicking on different parts of the images as they pop up) eba.ufmg.br/midiaarte/research.htm#supporting_anchor • A Day of Fishing With Betty (a finalist in the SND SND.ies contest) claudia-lareu.com.ar/labetty/ • Digital Trails (two students follow a 27-year-old woman from Arlington, Va., on an average summer day; watch as she sprinkles her digital bread crumbs and find out who is picking them up) http://newsinitiative.org/story/2006/08/15/digital_trails • Friendship Project (Ball State University) nonlinearstory.com • A Living Stage: Reflections from South Africa (UNC at Chapel Hill) alivingstage.org • Destination Chicago: Journey to a New Beginning (stories of four people who migrated to Chicago) medill.northwestern.edu/mmtoolkit/presentation • Grade Your Climate IQ (Lynh Bui, a Cronkite student who interned at National Geographic during the summer of 2004, wrote the text and coordinated video, graphics, and animations for this interactive online quiz) magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0409/feature1/quiz/index.html • Life at the End of the Road (UNC at Chapel Hill) www.endoftheroad.org • Making It in LA (students in Elizabeth Osder’s multimedia production class at USC profiled six Angelenos; the text, stories, and interesting sidebar material (the income “thermometer” and map locator) help make these very personal stories representative of the people) www-scf.usc.edu/~jour556/ • Shtetl Economic History Project (produced by University of Florida professor Thomas Click and his students; an excellent example of organization and elegant design; the tiling of the correspondence as a navigation scheme with the clear display of text to the side and the smooth and rich slide shows are great lessons in producing online packages of information) grove.ufl.edu/~pmonica/bercovici/ • So Close to Home (eight journalism students at the University of Florida produced this award-winning website about homelessness people in Gainesville. The students had six weeks to research, report, write, edit, and produce a Flash presentation for the Web) jou.ufl.edu/online/homeless/ • South Africa: Ten Years On (UNC at Chapel Hill) tenyearson.org Online Enterprise Reporting • Dot-con Job (High marks for presentation, clarity, community importance and creative use of the medium. Shows the power of dogged investigative reporting and creative storytelling, regardless of platform. The contextual integration of audio snippets from key interviews, damning e-mails and voicemail and other original source material add multiple dimensions without interrupting the flow of this important narrative. The Stock Timeline, which maps InfoSpace's public statements and private dealings to stock values over the course of two years, is a particularly innovative way to present the arc of a story online.) seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/business/infospace/ The Pineros: Men of the Pines (Tell me
something I don't know, tell me something important and make it interesting.
Those are a reader's fundamental expectations, and the Sacramento Bee
succeeds at all three with The Pineros. Multimedia elements and sidebars
are embedded contextually, without bouncing the reader from one linked
location to the next, making for a powerful and downright artistic overall
presentation. Especially high marks for presentation, use of Flash and
overall design.) sacbee.com/content/news/projects/pineros/ • Eyes on the War (award winner from WashingtonPost.com;
not only are the photos wonderful, but the spontaneous audio of the photojournalists
talking about what was happening was personal and emotional) • Final Salute (a moving tribute to the Marines
killed in Iraq and their loved ones) • In Their Eyes: Stories of Hurricane Katrina (photojournalists describe their work http://sptimes.com/2005/webspecials05/katrinaphotospecial/index.shtml • Out of the Rubble, A Public Housing Drama Rises (Washington Post report portrays the battle between affordable housing activists and the D.C. housing authority) washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/metro/122204-1v.html • Seattle Americans: The Freedom to Speak Their Minds: seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/seattleamericans/ • Touching Hearts (photographer Joe Weiss, who is now with the Raleigh Observer in North Carolina, took a still camera and an audio recorder to Nicaragua, where he documented American medical specialists trying to save desperately sick children; Weiss shot the pictures, recorded voices and natural sounds, and wrote the text. Oscar’s story, which is one chapter in “Touching Hearts,” portrays the death of a young boy in just 11 photos, 440 audio words and 200 text words; the still images are more powerful than quick-moving video) heraldsun.com/heart/ • 21 days to Baghdad (award winner from Time.com; the use of music and narrative, stunning imagery, and excellent timing—combined with a well-designed Flash page—created an intense experience) time.com/time/2003/21days/ • American Journalism Review (national magazine that covers all aspects of print, television, radio, and online media) ajr.org • Columbia Journalism Review (monitors the media) cjr.org • Editor & Publisher’s list of journalism schools editorandpublisher.com/eandp/resources/journalism_schools.jsp • Freedom Forum (home of the Newseum) freedomforum.org • Institute for Interactive Journalism (innovative ideas and technologies for developing new ways for people to engage in critical public policy issues) j-lab.org/ • Nieman Watchdog (watchdog reporting aimed at reporters, editors, and citizens) NiemanWatchdog.org • Online Journalism Review (monitors online media) ojr.org • Online News Association (professional online journalists and educators) onlinenewsassociation.org • Pew Center for Civic Journalism (develops better ways of reporting the news to re-engage people in public life) pewcenter.org/ • Pew Internet and American Life Project (original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the workplace, schools, health care, and civic/political life) pewinternet.org • Pew Research Center for the People and the Press (independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics, and public policy issues) people-press.org • Poynter Institute for Media Studies (journalism think-tank, with great sections on everything from editing and ethics to convergence and design) poynter.org • Project for Excellence in Journalism (research, resources, and ideas to improve journalism) journalism.org • Society of Professional Journalists: spj.org • Blogger (to create a blog) blogger.com/ • Blog about well-designed blogs: larsholst.info/blog/2004/02/11/well-designed-weblogs-volume-2/ • huffingtonpost.com (Ariana Huffington has gathered an A-list of celebrities and political luminaries to contribute, including our own Walter Cronkite) huffingtonpost.com Sites for reporters, writers, editors, and content creators • About.com (massive collection of consumer-oriented columns and links written by an army of citizen journalists) about.com • CIA World Factbook (for reliable info about countries around the world) cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ • Contentious (zine for online writers) contentious.com • Cyber Journalist (tips and talk for online writers and editors) cyberjournalist.net • Facsnet (educational programs for journalists) facsnet.org • Fark.com (for journalists who need a little break fark.com • Investigative Reporters and Editors (great resource center of thousands of stories and tipsheets, searchable by subject) ire.org • J.D. Lasica’s list of resources Web ethics, privacy and related topics) jdlasica.com/onlineresources.html • Journalists Toolbox (17,500 research links!) americanpressinstitute.org • Language map of U.S. and database: mla.org/census_map • LexisNexis AlaCarte (search more than 3.8 billion documents from over 20,000 sources of news, public records, and government information) AlaCarte.LexisNexis.com • National Geographic’s MapMachine (a dynamic atlas to explore political and street maps, historic maps from the Library of Congress, population maps, USGS topographic maps, and satellite images) http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/. • New York Times (1855–1991) asu.edu/lib/resources/indexabs.htm (In the NAME box, type in Proquest) • New York Times Newsroom Navigator (a constantly updated listing used by staff reporters and editors as the starting point for their forays onto the Web) tech.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cybertimesnavigator/index.html • Newsdirectory.com (links to media sites worldwide) newsdirectory.com • Numbers Guy (Carl Bialik, a former WSJ staffer, looks at how “numbers are used, and abused, in the news, business and politics.” He continues: "Some numbers are flat-out wrong, misleading or biased. Others are valid and useful, helping us to make informed decisions." He takes one statistic that shows up on, say, cable news, and tears it apart. He often traces the path of misleading numbers and, in the process, offers lessons all journalists can use. Unlike some blogs that attempt to debunk media items, Bialik's approach is calm, lucid and backed up by facts) wsj.com/numbersguy • Power Reporting (site created by Pulitzer winner Bill Dedman, with indexed links to thousands of free sites useful to reporters) powerreporting.com • Quotes, proverbs, sayings, maxims, slogans, clichés, speeches, author bios: faganfinder.com/quotes/ • Read Print (a massive, user-friendly, nonprofit library with entire books you can search within, including classics by Lewis Carroll, Antony Chekhov, Charles Darwin, Thomas Hardy, Mark Twain, Virgil, and H.G. Wells) readprint.com • Reporter.Org (good collection of useful journalism links) reporter.org • Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (the news media and the law) rcfp.org • Robert Niles (finding data on the Internet) robertniles.com/data/ • Statistical Abstract (how to find stories in the numbers using the single most useful data source for reporters) census.gov/statab/www/ • Stats.org (“STATS monitors the media to expose the abuse of science and statistics before people are misled and public policy is distorted. Since 1994, STATS has sought to hold U.S. journalists to the highest standards of reporting accuracy, while providing them with concrete assistance to help them better understand the complexities and limitations of scientific and statistical material”) stats.org • UrbanLegends.com (go here to check out a suspicious e-mail; former journalist David Emery does a really good job posting items soon after they break online) UrbanLegends.about.com • Urban legends (run by Barbara and David Mikkelson, this site is much bigger; the What’s New page is the best way to keep abreast of developments across a wide range of cultural, political, and business arenas) snopes.com Important! Here are some sites and resources that offer free graphics for personal home pages and websites. Check copyright restrictions; some offer a limited number of graphics without charge, while others request that you provide credit. • Ami Vitale (an amazing website by an amazing photographer) amivitale.com/main.html • Digital Journalist (multimedia magazine for photojournalism in the digital age) digitaljournalist.org/ • FreeFoto.com (largest collection of free photos for non-commercial use on Internet) freefoto.com • FREE GRAPHICS! (many Web sites provide a large selection of illustrations, photos and graphics for FREE!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources • Graphics from Yahoo! (links to many graphics sites) dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/graphics/ • Randy D. Ralph’s Icon Bazaar (large collection of icons and links to graphics sites) iconbazaar.com/ • MediaBuilder.com (build your own banners and get borders and other graphics) mediabuilder.com/ • Thinking with Type (explores the basics of letter forms, text type, and the grid; there’s even a game section called Crimes Against Typography, which details some of the most common ways type is victimized) thinkingwithtype.com/ • Web Developer’s Virtual Library (lots of graphics, HTML development, other resources) wdvl.com/ • About.com’s Design Site (includes tips on Web design) graphicdesign.about.com • ASU Jukebox (links to design tools) asu.edu/jukebox/utilities/index.html • Best Designs (ideas for designing your website) thebestdesigns.com • Coolest Designs (check out the non-Flash sites) coolestdesigns.com • Net Media Awards (see what’s hot on the other side of the pond) net-media.co.uk/awards/showcase.asp • Online Journalism Review (links to award-winning sites) ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1059512490.php • Poynter Institute Design/Graphics: poynter.org/subject.asp?id=11 • Web Pages That Suck: webpagesthatsuck.com • Yale Web Style Guide (how to create well-designed, effective sites) webstyleguide.com • Alertbox (Jakob Nielsen on Web usability) useit.com/alertbox • Builder.com (tips on building Web sites) builder.com.com • Usable Web (Web usability, domain names) usableweb.com • Web Monkey (great resources for Web developers) hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey • ASU Jukebox (links to HTML tutorials) asu.edu/jukebox/utilities/index.html • CBT Cafe (Nancie recommends this site for Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash tutorials) cbtcafe.com • Dr. Missy’s Flash Tutorial: mystery-productions.info/flash • Dr. Missy’s Photoshop Tutorial: mystery-productions.info/photo_tut/ • HTML Tutorials for the Complete Idiot: geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/1924 • HTML Goodies (don’t use www in front of address) htmlgoodies.earthweb.com • Kirupa (Nancie recommends the Flash tutorial) kirupa.com • Macromedia Dreamweaver Support (links to tutorials) macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver • Photoshop Roadmap (tutorials in interface design, scanning, text effects, etc.) photoshoproadmap.com • Russell Brown (Nancie likes the Photoshop tips) russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html Sources for journalism jobs (compiled mostly by Susan Keith) • Journalism Jobs • American
Copy Editors Society • American Society
for Newspaper Editors • Asian
American Journalists Association • Associated
Press Sports Editors • Belo • Book Zone Pro • Career Builder • Career Jet • Career Magazine • Community Newspaper
Holdings • Cox • creativecentral.com • Creative Hotlist • Detroit Free Press • Ed 2010 • Editor
& Publisher magazine • Freedom Communications • Gannett • Getthatgig • Joblink for
Journalists • Journalism Now • Magazine
Publishers of America Jobbank • McClatchy • McMurry • Media General • Mediabistro • Monster.com • Morris
Communications • Multimedia Employment • National Association
of Black Journalists • National Association
of Hispanic Journalists • National
Newspaper Association • Native American
Journalists Association • New
York Times • NewsJobs
Network • Scripps
• Society for News
Design • Society of Professional Journalists • Tribune
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