Tag Archives: storytelling

Loving the look of Storify

By Julie Starr | Published: October 19, 2010
I’ve just requested an invite to Storify, an app that lets you tell stories using material gathered on social media. I’d heard about it briefly a couple of times then came across a post from Ryan Sholin talking about his experiments with it and followed a link to Megan Garber’s story about it on Nieman [...]
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A storehouse of multimedia storytelling ideas

By Julie Starr | Published: August 2, 2009
I did a webinar through the Poynter Institute on Flash for Journalists recently. (Good for an overview of what Flash is, component parts, how it’s used in journalism and some terminology, but doesn’t teach you how to use Flash software if that’s what you’re looking for.) Along the way they pointed to interactivenarratives.com, which is [...]
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The Country Calendar guide to storytelling

By Julie Starr | Published: November 3, 2008
A week or so ago Frank Torley, the executive producer of Country Calendar, came to Hamilton to speak at Wintec's Media Bites function. Here's what he had to say on why the programme's so successful and how the team go about telling stories: "I don't know... I'd like to believe that the New Zealand public recognises quality. The beginning of that process is research. If anybody says 'Why is Country Calendar successful?' -- research, research, research. Keep doing it, find the story. What is the story, what are the people like, what else can we do?
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A whale of a story, innovatively told

By Julie Starr | Published: December 19, 2007
The Whale Hunt is a breath of fresh air in online storytelling. It's a winning trinity of interesting subject matter, compelling photographs and slick, innovative presentation.
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