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"Snow Fall tells the story of skiers and snowboarders trapped beneath an avalanche in Washington state's Cascade Mountains. And it tells that story through text, photos, videos and interactive graphics that blend seamlessly and come alive on the Web page" You can see the difference clearly in this side-by-side comparison. The left side shows how multimedia is segregated in a typical New York Times article (the Sunday Magazine profile of Jerry Seinfeld), and on the right side is the first page of the Snow Fall project.

" Bit by bit, the understanding was that theatrical values - by which I do not mean fiction - were incredibly important to holding attention, even to conveying information, to creating expectation and then to finally creating a memory. All of those scene-painting skills were the very heart of radio." And they still are. With so many storytelling shows on the air - The Moth, Radiolab, This American Life and, rising quickly, Snap Judgment - here's a question that programs have been dealing with lately in the new "golden age" of public radio: What happens when a story turns out not to be true? Or true-ish? What level of accountability do listeners expect? How is the storyteller's compact with the listener changing?"

This shows Media Convergence is the future and minds are meeting about it. It shows it is key, interesting, and true to the elements of journalism.

Site for multimedia news stories

"These university-sponsored news sites feature interactives, videos, photo slideshows and social media journalism; but need improvements in web writing and photography. This post analyzes 12 news sites which are sponsored by or affiliated with universities or journalism schools, and mostly feature student works"

Three years ago, World Press Photo expanded its awards to multimedia productions. They just announced this year's winners, and, let me tell you, it's pretty impressive. You might also be interested in The Best "World Press Photo" Winners. Here are the links to this years multimedia winners, as well as to awardees from previous years:"

This is from 2009: "Here, then, is my list of the five most indispensable multimedia journalism websites operating today."

From 2007, but these sites are still featuring great examples of multimedia

"There has never been a better time to be a storyteller. And there is no team better suited to storytelling in the social age than the Storyful team. We are a global family of technologists, journalists and social media evangelists who work with some of the biggest news and social brands in the world. Our horizons have broadened. Our ambitions have grown. And our team is getting bigger."

At The New York Times, multimedia storytelling is becoming more a part of the journalism and less of an afterthought.

This is an example of a recent media convergence article. The article has maps, videos, and detailed pictures which add more details to the event in the article. We are also given a first hand look through the video of what is happening with the problems expressed in the article.