Digital storytelling

Steve ButtryTroy RecordJuly 5, 2011

sbuttry@journalregister.com, @stevebuttry

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Ask about each story• Can you cover the story live?• What are the multimedia elements of your

story?• How can a map help tell your story?• How can you engage the community? • What links will provide greater depth?• Can data provide depth, personal info?• Should you tell this story in an alternate form?• What social media content should you curate?

Live coverage• Liveblog as the story happens (CoverItLive,

ScribbleLive, update story/blog)• Live-tweet (feed into liveblog)• Livestream with webcasts, webcams,

dashboard cam• Feed tweets from community into blog/story• Live data• Text alerts

Multimedia elements• Photos (individual photos, galleries, time

lapse, audio slide shows, submitted, social, media, panoramic)

• Videos (raw, edited, in story, webcam, webcast, security cameras, user-submitted, social media, link to video)

• Animation (Flash, HTML5)• Maps• Bring it all together

Maps• Invite users to tell their stories• Story unfolds live on the map• Map as database• Map in motion• Crowdmap

Engage the community• Crowdsource (investigations, features, events)• Blogs• Polls• Maps• Contests• Hashtags• Sharing tools, ratings• Ask for photos, videos

LinksEditorial reason: ContextEthical reason: AttributionBusiness benefits:• Generate traffic• Boost SEOSending users away works for Google; it will

work for you, too.

Databases

Alternate story form• List• Graphic novel• Timeline• Map• Graphic• Self-directed, not linear

Why you need to connect with community on

Twitter