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Thinking Digitally
Oct. 14, 2011
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Agenda
1. Use what you have
2. Dream up a wish list (and
examples of some tools you canuse to get it done)
3. Dont forget social media
4. Q&A
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- Provide your own commentary
(take the reader behind the scenes)
-Share stuff you have already
accumulated to put the storytogether
Use What You Have
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Reporter Commentary
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Calgary Herald/Postmedia News
Laura Stone created a video to go with her prison series in which she described her
motivation for tackling her subject.
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Postmedia News
Sharon Kirkey used a SoundSlide to tell our audience about the impact the story had on her
as a reporter, and reveal anecdotal details that readers will find in the series.
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Ottawa CitizenAndrew Duffy took
readers behind the
scenes and discussed
how he got the York
Street project and
what it took to get
inside the school for a
year and get
teachers to talk.
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Stuff We
Accumulate
As you reported, you
gathered tools that
will help you think
digitally (its not as
much legwork as youthink)
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Extra Photos
-Turn them into photo galleries
traffic!
-Build a SoundSlide-Take your own photos (let
photographers shoot your
subjectsyou can get shots the
photographer misses after he or she
leaves)
-Can be used in timelines and graphics
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PDFs and Documents
-Save all those papers cluttering your
desk!
-Get them loaded in with your storyso readers can analyze what you
used to report your story
-Archival docs, legal docs, certificates,handwritten letters
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Edmonton Journal
The Journal provided scans of original documents from the National Archives.
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Postmedia News
For a high-speed rail series, reporter Mike De Souza provided an internal briefing
document from VIA Rail.
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Audio
If you record your interviews anyway, why not use them to enhance the online
presentation, especially when theres a compelling reason to do so like a muppet.
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Transcripts: interviews, speeches
If you were only able to include a fraction of a great interview in your story, but your
source has a lot more to say, you can provide a transcript that can accompany yourstory to provide greater context.
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Maps and other relevant docsUse handouts of transit systems, architectural plans, etc. to let readers see for
themselves.
Here the Gazette
used a transit mapof various city
zones.
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Dream up a wish list
How can you better illustrate your story?
What would your reader want to
see/hear/interact with as a part of your story?
Be creativeuse your imagination.
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Vancouvers Fatabase
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Montreals Bridge Naming
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Reginas Election Map
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Ottawas Live Chat
T l t T
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Tools to Try
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Storify: Vancouver Sun
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Storify: Postmedia News
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Dipity: Postmedia News
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Dipity: Postmedia News
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Storyful:
PostmediaNews
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Umapper: Postmedia News
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Polldaddy:Postmedia News
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Caspio: Vancouver
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Caspio: Postmedia News
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Social Media
-Talk to your editors and make sure your
story is being promoted on Postmedias
Twitter feed and Facebook page-Monitor reaction to your story and interact
with readers (if appropriate)
-Set up a Google Alert to monitor yourbyline for online discussions about or
references to your story
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Q&A