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Innovative Individuals: Matt Ford
I first came across Matt Ford’s work when I reveled over AP’s “Killer Blue, Baptized by Fire” package. I have since followed his work closely via his clean portfolio site, Matt Ford Media, and his multimedia blog, Wire & Lights (although it’s gone quite lately, cough cough). From his excellent multimedia work at AP to all that he will accomplish in the future, I am happy to announce that Matt was selected as this week’s Innovative Individual.
The future of interactive videos
In this week’s edition of II’s summer guest blogger series Matt Ford, multimedia producer at AP, discusses the future of interactive videos, both on the Web and on your television.
Summer guest blogger series line-up
I am leaving for Honduras this Friday to report on malnutrition for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. I will be gone until July 17th, therefore I have asked guest bloggers to help II prosper while I’m gone. Thanks to everyone who offered to help blog. I am proud to say that I have a great list of bloggers covering some pretty awesome topics, so keep an eye out for the following posts:
Guantanamo Bay interactive presents data effectively
I wanted to highlight a recent AP interactive, titled “Shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp” for several reasons. First, I blogged about another AP interactive, “Bailout Tracker,” that did not use data visualization as effectively as this example, and I thought the two could be used as a great case example. Second, this type of story is the ideal situation to present data to the users, allowing them to find their own story.
AP political interactive displays great data visualization and video help feature
Former colleague Seth Gitner pointed me to a complex data interactive by the AP tracking presidential fundraising numbers. Yes, we are all probably sick of looking at 2008 election graphics. But, I encourage you to spend some time with this project because it is a great inspirational example for data visualization. It also features an innovative video help feature, by displaying an AP reporter (using a chromakey affect) at the bottom corner of your screen.
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