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Innovative Individuals: Evelio Contreras
Video storytelling is normally a skill that takes months if not years of practice to master. However, Evelio Contreras conquered it the first day he picked up a video camera to cover the Virginia Tech shootings. He is a natural when it comes to videography, and I can attest to his talent after working with him for a year at The Roanoke Times. Regardless if he was producing webcasts, feature vignettes or news videos, he always made a point to add a creative element into his stories. For this reason, I am happy to feature him as this week’s “Innovative Individual.”
Organizing multimedia navigations by media type versus story type
I came across a multimedia presentation today by Chattanooga Times Free Press about Georgia’s 2008 drought. It reminded me of Las Vegas Sun’s recent multimedia package on the drought in Nevada, so I decided to make a great case in point with the two. While “Drought in Georgia” has content organized by media, “For Want of Water” has content organized by story. I cannot stress how crucial it is for multimedia producers to strive to do the latter, and leave behind this notion that we have to notify the viewers what media type was selected to tell a certain part of the story.
Behind the Scenes of Las Vegas Sun’s “Thirst in the Mojave”
Multimedia producer Zach Wise wrote a great behind the scenes post about his “Thirst in the Mojave” package that recently launched. I was floored when I realized how much data, media and extra functionality was built to enhance an otherwise basic video player. Wise takes storytelling to a completely new level with the introduction of interactive videos.
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