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    The document discusses interactive multimedia content for news stories that can be provided on demand. It suggests including discussions with subjects, interviews, linking text to profiles of key players, simulations, videos to show actions, timelines of documents, databases searchable by date or location, multimedia maps, and post-publication discussions. It also recommends being transparent, investigating reporters, sharing ideas and examples, setting deadlines, including video but getting help with it, sharing data early, and recapping content 30 days after launch.

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    Presented at the 2011 Computer Assisted Reporting Conference, Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 24.

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    The document discusses interactive multimedia content for news stories that can be provided on demand. It suggests including discussions with subjects, interviews, linking text to profiles of key players, simulations, videos to show actions, timelines of documents, databases searchable by date or location, multimedia maps, and post-publication discussions. It also recommends being transparent, investigating reporters, sharing ideas and examples, setting deadlines, including video but getting help with it, sharing data early, and recapping content 30 days after launch.

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    Producing The Investigative Report

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    Ryan Thornburg
    The document discusses interactive multimedia content for news stories that can be provided on demand. It suggests including discussions with subjects, interviews, linking text to profiles of key players, simulations, videos to show actions, timelines of documents, databases searchable by date or location, multimedia maps, and post-publication discussions. It also recommends being transparent, investigating reporters, sharing ideas and examples, setting deadlines, including video but getting help with it, sharing data early, and recapping content 30 days after launch.

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    Ryan Thornburg

    University of North Carolina



    Photo by Thomas Roche

    Photo by Thomas Roche

    Interactive
    Multimedia
    On Demand

    •  Discussions with •  Interview with •  Link text to “baseball cards” of
    subjects
    subjects
    key players or organizations

    Who?
    •  On social media: “Who •  Hyperlinked FAQ

    else?” &“Who isn’t?”

    •  Simulation games
    •  Use video to •  Link verbs in story to
    What?
    show action
    multimedia or archives

    •  Hyperlinked FAQ

    •  Share memories
    •  Animate the pace
    •  Timeline of documents

    When?
    •  Database search by date

    •  Hyperlinked FAQ

    •  Localize discussion •  Show/hear the •  Multimedia map

    groups
    scene

    Where?
    •  Database search by zip

    •  Geo-aware context for mobile

    •  Post-publication •  Interviews
    •  Answer reader questions

    discussions with
    Why?
    subjects

    •  Hyperlinked FAQ

    •  Games, especially multi- •  Animate the •  Answer reader questions



    How?
    player
    process

    •  Hyperlinked FAQ

    Reporters
    Producers

    Be transparent.
    Investigate your reporters.

    Share ideas. Show examples.


    Share ideas. Show examples.

    Demand deadlines.
    Demand deadlines.

    Do video. But get help.


    Lighting isn’t everything.

    Give up the data early.


    Include them in your QA plan.

    Once it launches no changes.


    You will need to update it.

    Re-cap 30 days after launch.


    Re-cap 30 days after launch.

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