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Archive for 29 September 2008
Happy anniversary, blog!
After a year of blogging, I made the big move from Blogger to WordPress. AND, Innovative Interactivity now has it’s own home: www.innovativeinteractivity.com. Thanks to everyone who’s been reading, and I encourage you all to take advantage of this new “watering hole” by commenting, passing the site on to others, and letting me know what you’d like to see more of, in terms of entry topics. This site is for you!
Wisconsin State Journal applauded for multimedia efforts
The Wisconsin State Journal has officially been added to my list of newspaper websites to browse for innovative multimedia projects. Comparable in size to The Roanoke Times, this mid-size paper in Madison, Wisconsin, knows how to push the envelope in terms of multimedia. And, more importantly, they know how to have fun in the process. [...]
USA Today’s "Campaign finance tracker" is overwhelming at first, but stick with it
Today, USA Today launched a huge interactive enabling users to track the flow of campaign contributions by state, amount, month and sector in relation to the parties, the candidates and/or the independent groups. Confused already? You’re probably not the only one.
I was excited to explore this interactive because 1) I have become some what [...]
Chevron uses multimedia and interactivity for new energy efficiency campaign
My coworker Seth Gitner pointed out Chevron’s latest energy efficiency campaign to me, which is jam-packed with multimedia stories and interactive tools. Their site, WillYouJoinUs, did exactly what it was meant to do: caught my attention.
By far, my favorite part is Energyville, an energy game designed to educate users about different forms of energy and [...]
A case study of a 2008 SNDies multimedia winner: MediaStorm
MediaStorm’s entries kept judges busy talking at the SNDies 2008 multimedia competition. They have conquered the industry of beautiful storytelling, but they also need to concentrate on how to showcase these videos within larger multimedia sites to truly set them apart.
OSI highlights nonprofit work through high-end documentaries and interactives
I have been spending more and more time lately exploring the multimedia content on OSI’s website and have been thoroughly impressed with their work. Open Society Institute and the Soros foundations network “aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform.” Long ago Roanoke intern Pamela Chen, [...]
UNC documents lives of Thai tsunami survivors in "Andaman Rising"
UNC launched their latest documentary project today, “Andaman Rising,” and it is definitely worth a look. Change that … worth an extended viewing. Led by photojournalism professor Pat Davison, this is UNC’s first documentary site since Rick Beckman left to take a job in Miami. First off, let me highlight some of the projects that [...]
SNDies 2008 concludes with nods to non-breaking features
The Society for News Design multimedia competition finished it’s 2008 competition Saturday night by awarding 18 finalists. Further awards (gold, silver, bronze and/or award of excellence) will be announced at SND’s annual convention, this year in Las Vegas from Sept 7-9. I cannot divulge favorites now since I was a judge, but I [...]
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