state of the state of digital storytelling

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state of the state of digital storytelling

• Nora Paul
• Institute for New Media Studies
• University of Minnesota

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the potential
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where are we?the f-words

• figuring out multi-platform delivery
• forcing a production line model
• figuring out what people want
• finding time to innovate
• frustrating yourself

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where are we?progress since 1995?

• What are newspaper not providing now?
• Language in various expressive forms
• Different attitudes / viewpoints
• Personalities / identities for reporters
• Background How I wrote the story
• Links to past stories
• Follow-up on stories
• Interaction reporter community / between users
• Personalization of news
• Supporting documents
• Deep local news

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where are we?progress since 1995?

• How will the way we tell stories change?
• Mixed and multimedia
• Chronological presentation through linking
• New relationship between words and graphics
• Stories will be annotated, footnoted
• New story-telling software help follow threads
• Readers as contributors
• Linking will replace inverted pyramid

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where are we?progress since 1995?

• How do we make the service fun?
• Repackage old content with new twist
• Include fun as an element of news selection
• Use the technology to do fun things
• Ask kids whats fun and deliver it
• Link to fun places / partner with fun content
• Surprise your users
• Personalize the service to your users
• Have a theme or mascot
• Use quirky navigational features
• Hold contests
• Make advertising fun

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where are we? same stuff
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where are we?something different
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where are we?figuring out forums
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where are we?taking advantage of forums
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where are we?convergence
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where are we?converging content creation
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where to next?

• interactive content

interesting navigation
innovative design
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where to next?interactive content

• Your website isnt something people read, its
  something they do. Visiting your site is an
  activity.
• industry newsletter

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where to next?interactive contentnon-news
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where to next?interactive news games

• Helsinki Sanomat Headhunter
• BBC - Games
• The Edge

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where to next?interactive news experiential
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where to next?interesting navigation

• New media is interactive. In contrast to old
  media where the order of presentation is fixed,
  the user can now interact with a media object. In
  the process of interaction the user can choose
  which elements to display or which paths to
  follow, thus generating a unique work. In this
  way the user becomes the co-author of the work.
• Lev Manovich The Language of New Media

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where to next?interesting navigationnon-news
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where to next?interesting navigation in news
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where to next?innovative design

• Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep
  without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a
  corpse.
• winston churchill

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where to next?innovative designnon-news
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where to next?innovative design in news
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just takes

• time
• tools
• support
• inspiration
• understanding

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