Comments on: Multimedia flashback: Black Hawk Down, 1997 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:53:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Philly Newspapers Under Knight-Ridder: Beyond the Numbers « J-School: Educating Independent Journalists http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-11758 Philly Newspapers Under Knight-Ridder: Beyond the Numbers « J-School: Educating Independent Journalists Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:19:12 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-11758 [...] end with a riddle. How did Philly.com do this in 1997, and what happened between then and [...] [...] end with a riddle. How did Philly.com do this in 1997, and what happened between then and [...]

]]> By: richgor http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-2263 richgor Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:18:06 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-2263 <p>Rob Curley said in this Fast Company interview that "Blackhawk Down" was an important discovery for him.<br/><br/>http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/110/open_hyper-local-hero.html<br/><br/>As riveting as the catastrophic military mission was on paper, the online account had chats with author Mark Bowden, Pentagon video, and audio interviews with surviving soldiers--their stories, their voices. "It was like doing journalism in black and white versus doing it in color," Curley says. "How could you not want to tell stories that way?"</p> Rob Curley said in this Fast Company interview that “Blackhawk Down” was an important discovery for him.

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/110/open_hyper-local-hero.html

As riveting as the catastrophic military mission was on paper, the online account had chats with author Mark Bowden, Pentagon video, and audio interviews with surviving soldiers–their stories, their voices. “It was like doing journalism in black and white versus doing it in color,” Curley says. “How could you not want to tell stories that way?”

]]> By: David Nolan http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-2262 David Nolan Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:32:32 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-2262 <p>I remember Mark's site and the power it had in allowing people to help write the story with him. Unfortunately, we are not always thinking about the past when talk about technology and the power it has to help tell a story. When I was at the NPPA Summit recently I asked the multimedia panel what we can do to preserve content and keep great stories like Mark's alive. All to often, like you stated above, great content is lost forever. They looked at me like I had worms coming out of my ears and the quick answer was, "just keep updating the file." We really need to think about how we archive our work, especially today.</p> I remember Mark’s site and the power it had in allowing people to help write the story with him. Unfortunately, we are not always thinking about the past when talk about technology and the power it has to help tell a story. When I was at the NPPA Summit recently I asked the multimedia panel what we can do to preserve content and keep great stories like Mark’s alive. All to often, like you stated above, great content is lost forever. They looked at me like I had worms coming out of my ears and the quick answer was, “just keep updating the file.” We really need to think about how we archive our work, especially today.

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-2261 Mindy McAdams Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:09:07 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-2261 <p>I am amazed that it's still online, intact. So many of the examples that I have used in classes and workshops have been removed from their sites -- it's really a shame, because some of the great online journalism packages are now gone forever.</p> I am amazed that it’s still online, intact. So many of the examples that I have used in classes and workshops have been removed from their sites — it’s really a shame, because some of the great online journalism packages are now gone forever.

]]> By: bdure http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-2260 bdure Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:38:59 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/multimedia-flashback-black-hawk-down-1997/#comment-2260 <p>I remember that one quite well. It wasn't perfectly polished -- for one thing, I wished that the definitions would appear in a pop-up rather than taking me off the main story page -- but it was groundbreaking. Smart use of contextual links, plus legit interactivity.<br/><br/>So if we do smart multimedia projects, will we also get film deals?</p> I remember that one quite well. It wasn’t perfectly polished — for one thing, I wished that the definitions would appear in a pop-up rather than taking me off the main story page — but it was groundbreaking. Smart use of contextual links, plus legit interactivity.

So if we do smart multimedia projects, will we also get film deals?

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