NPR's Andy Carvin on Tracking and Tweeting Revolutions. We caught up with NPR’s Senior Strategist Andy Carvin between his 400+ tweets a day for a chat about his Twitter stream. It has become a must-follow wire service of sorts for people interested in the latest developments in Tunisia, Egypt and a growing number of countries across the Middle East, Persian Gulf and North Africa. We discussed how he began mapping out whom to trust in the “Twittersphere,” and how he works to verify and share facts with NPR as the stories develop.
His tweets are populated with the words “source” and “verified?” More often than not, as he re-tweets trends and waves of information across the streams he tracks as his sources verify or discount facts on the ground. Julio Diaz. JD: So I get off the train. You know, I'm walking towards the stairs and this young teenager, uh, pulls out a knife. He wants my money. So I just gave him my wallet and told him, 'Here you go.' He starts to leave and as he's walking away I'm like, 'Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you're gonna be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.' So, you know, he's looking at me like, 'What's going on here? ' And I'm like, 'Well, I don't know, man, if you're willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars then I guess you must really need the money.
So I'm like, 'Look, you can follow me if you want.' You know, I just felt maybe he really needs help. The kid was like, 'Man but you know like everybody here. I'm like, 'No, I just eat here a lot.' He's like, 'But you're even nice to the dishwasher.' I'm like, 'Well, haven't you been taught you should be nice to everybody? ' He just had almost a sad face. Elements of good multimedia storytelling. At its simplest, a multimedia story combines different elements that complement one another to make the story more interesting, complete or compelling. Multimedia storytelling often refers to a blurring of boundaries between media online: newspapers and magazines post video, radio stations post graphics and text, TV outlets offering text along with video and maps. Reporters are no longer bound by their medium, but can draw on the strength of all to tell a better story.
Here are some elements of good multimedia storytelling. Multimedia stories take advantage of the strengths of each medium: Here are a few examples of how different news outlets have used different media to tell stories in ways they could not have told them even a few years ago: Good use of video and photo. Good use of audio and interactive elements. Good use of maps/text/graphs. The New Orleans Times-Picayune documented how Hurricane Katrina inundated the city in 2005 with a more ambitious graphic. Derek Boogaard: An Enforcer’s Story — Video - Interactive Feature.
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