Talented multimedia journalist and Hacks and Hackers member Corey Takahashi put together a video about the recent Poynter Programming for Journalists / Journalism for Programmers seminar we attended together:
Archive for September, 2010
Poynter Brings Together Journalists, Programmers
Thursday, September 9th, 2010NYT: The Back Story
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010Journalistic storytelling progressed from the object third party narrator describing an event (ie. the inverted pyramid), to stories told through data (ie. a searchable database) to self-reported stories (ie. social networking sites) but I had not considered that everyday objects might be able to tell their own stories. I always thought an Eames Lounge Chair or vintage sports car would have intriguing back stories, I just never considered that a Pepsi can might also have something to tell.
Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper
Miracle at Midway
