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Thinking Digitally

Oct. 14, 2011


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Agenda

1. Use what you have

2. Dream up a wish list (and

examples of some tools you canuse to get it done)

3. Dont forget social media

4. Q&A


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- Provide your own commentary

(take the reader behind the scenes)

-Share stuff you have already

accumulated to put the storytogether

Use What You Have


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Reporter Commentary


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Calgary Herald/Postmedia News

Laura Stone created a video to go with her prison series in which she described her

motivation for tackling her subject.


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Postmedia News

Sharon Kirkey used a SoundSlide to tell our audience about the impact the story had on her

as a reporter, and reveal anecdotal details that readers will find in the series.


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Ottawa CitizenAndrew Duffy took

readers behind the

scenes and discussed

how he got the York

Street project and

what it took to get

inside the school for a

year and get

teachers to talk.


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Stuff We

Accumulate

As you reported, you

gathered tools that

will help you think

digitally (its not as

much legwork as youthink)


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Extra Photos

-Turn them into photo galleries

traffic!

-Build a SoundSlide-Take your own photos (let

photographers shoot your

subjectsyou can get shots the

photographer misses after he or she

leaves)

-Can be used in timelines and graphics


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PDFs and Documents

-Save all those papers cluttering your

desk!

-Get them loaded in with your storyso readers can analyze what you

used to report your story

-Archival docs, legal docs, certificates,handwritten letters


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Edmonton Journal

The Journal provided scans of original documents from the National Archives.


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Postmedia News

For a high-speed rail series, reporter Mike De Souza provided an internal briefing

document from VIA Rail.


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Audio

If you record your interviews anyway, why not use them to enhance the online

presentation, especially when theres a compelling reason to do so like a muppet.


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Transcripts: interviews, speeches

If you were only able to include a fraction of a great interview in your story, but your

source has a lot more to say, you can provide a transcript that can accompany yourstory to provide greater context.


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Maps and other relevant docsUse handouts of transit systems, architectural plans, etc. to let readers see for

themselves.

Here the Gazette

used a transit mapof various city

zones.


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Dream up a wish list

How can you better illustrate your story?

What would your reader want to

see/hear/interact with as a part of your story?

Be creativeuse your imagination.


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Vancouvers Fatabase


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Montreals Bridge Naming


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Reginas Election Map


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Ottawas Live Chat

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Tools to Try


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Storify: Vancouver Sun


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Storify: Postmedia News


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Dipity: Postmedia News


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Dipity: Postmedia News


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Storyful:

PostmediaNews


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Umapper: Postmedia News


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Polldaddy:Postmedia News


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Caspio: Vancouver

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Caspio: Postmedia News


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Social Media

-Talk to your editors and make sure your

story is being promoted on Postmedias

Twitter feed and Facebook page-Monitor reaction to your story and interact

with readers (if appropriate)

-Set up a Google Alert to monitor yourbyline for online discussions about or

references to your story


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Q&A