Planning Multimedia Packages

This page accompanies a half-day training session for journalists.

Larger Multimedia Packages: Planning and Production (PDF, 123 KB)
This is the same printed handout distributed at the workshop. Right-click or Control-click to download it. Feel free to share it.

Examples of Multimedia Packages

Calendar Events

SXSW 2006, Dallas Morning News

Burning Man, Las Vegas Sun

What Kind of People Will You Need?

Essential Personnel

Reporter(s) and photojournalist(s)
Graphic artist
Designer
Producers

A single person might be able to serve in two or even three of these positions on the team, but it's unlikely that one person will be able to do it all.

Essential Roles

Team leader (read more)
Researcher
Editor (not the same person as the team leader)

See the handout for details.

Planning Before Reporting

Start with your questions.
Brainstorm about the story modules.
Finalize the list of story modules.
Plan the reporting for each module. The designer(s), graphic artist(s) and online producers MUST be involved at this stage, if not earlier.

See the handout for details.

Learning Flash

10-Minute Flash Tutorials (honestly, only 10 minutes each)

Simple Flash Project: Single SWF (your first Flash package)

FlashJournalism.com (companion Web site to the book)

Journalists' Toolkit: Flash Resources

Contact Information

My e-mail:

My blog: Teaching Online Journalism

Miami Herald Newsroom

Planning Multimedia Packages

Examples of Multimedia Packages

Features

News

Database