A presentation for undergraduate journalism students on how multimedia storytelling can enhance news reporting. The examples can be accessed as follows: "The Homestretch" trailer: http://www.homestretchdoc.com/trailer/ "How Ebola Roared Back," The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/health/how-ebola-roared-back.html "Here is the Average Student Debt Burden in Each State," The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/19/student-debt-map_n_6168396.html "Homeless Families," WBEZ: http://www.wbez.org/news/families-make-growing-number-homeless-population-111225 "Ebola's Patient Zero," Frontline and The New York Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDCsvuZhnB8 "News Video on the Web," Pew Research Journalism Project: http://www.journalism.org/2014/03/26/news-video-on-the-web/

1. Jill
Hopke
@jillhopke
January
6,
2015
Mul$media
Storytelling
in
Journalism

2. Direct
Cinema
• Observa$onal
camera
• Capture
life
as
it
happens
• Not
intercede
with
subject
• Engaging
way
to
tell
a
story,
grab
aAen$on
Image
Source:
de
Mare,
A.
&
Kelly,
K.
(2014).
The
homestretch.
United
States:
Spargel
Produc$ons
and
Kartemquin
Films.

3. Point
of
View
(POV)
• Take
viewer
somewhere
• Focus
on
“why”
and
“how”
• Subject
in
their
reality,
in
their
own
voice
• Basis
for
all
produc$on
decisions

4. Drama$c
Curve

5. NarraEve
Structure
–
DramaEc
Curve
Exposi$on
Inci$ng
Moment
Rising
Ac$on
Resolu$on
Crisis
or
Climax
Adapted
from:
Rabiger,
M.
(1998).
Direc&ng
the
Documentary.
Boston:
Focal
Press.
Time
Intensity

6. Types
of
Conflict
Internal
External
Societal
Environmental
How
Ebola
Roared
Back
The
New
York
Times
December
29,
2014

7. • Did
you
go
somewhere?
• Did
you
meet
anyone
interesEng?
• Did
you
learn
anything?
• Did
you
feel
something?
• Were
there
surprises?
• Did
it
transform
your
thinking?
Adapted
from:
Wadhams,
S.
(n.d.).
Thinking
about
radio.
Unpublished
manuscript.
A
good
story
will
take
you
on
a
journey

8. How
Would
You
Cover
Student
Debt?

9. Your
Editor
Assigns
You
to
Cover
Student
Debt
Illinois
Ranks
#15
Public
and
Private
Non-­‐Profit
Schools
Source:
Short,
K.
(2014,
Nov.
19).
Here
is
the
average
student
debt
burden
in
each
state,
The
Huffington
Post.
Data
visualizaEon
by
debt.com.

10.
Trends
in
Mul$media
and
Mobile
Content

11. The
MulEmedia
Reporter
Homeless
Families
WBEZ,
December
12,
2014

12. Sharing
and
Cross-­‐PromoEon
Ebola’s
Pa$ent
Zero
New
York
Times
and
Frontline
December
29,
2014

13. Changing
DistribuEon
Plaaorms
News
consump$on
is
increasingly
on-­‐demand,
mobile
and
social,
especially
for
younger
audiences.

14. Further
Reading,
Viewing,
Listening
ü Block,
B.
(2008).
The
Visual
Story.
Oxford:
Focal
Press.
ü Kern,
J.
(2008).
Sound
Repor&ng.
Chicago:
The
University
of
Chicago
Press.
ü Rabiger,
M.
(2014).
Direc&ng
the
Documentary.
Burlington,
MA:
Focal
Press.
ü PBS.
Independent
Lens.
ü PRX.
Radiotopia.

15. QuesEons?
Thank
you!
Jill
Hopke
jillhopke@gmail.com
@jillhopke
Jillhopke.com