creatavist.com michael sluby and jess parker. general information creatavist is a storytelling...

Creatavist.comMichael Sluby and Jess Parker

General Information• Creatavist is a storytelling platform launched by the Atavist in 2011

• Free, $10 per month, or $250 per month with varying storage features

• Set a title for your “story”

• Insert cover photos for each chapter

• Publishes as a webpage showing each chapter

• Each chapter represents a different type of media – image, text, video, PDF, or template

• Templates allow html, CSS, and JavaScript – journalists who are skilled with coding can create their own interactive multi-media page with more advanced features

General Information (cont.)• Can have one chapter for each medium of media, or several

different types in each chapter

• Can create picture galleries and slideshows, appealing for a photo-driven story

• Can embed video from platforms like Vimeo or YouTube, or upload your own video

• Can upload audio files

• Publishes stories in several different formats – iBook, kindle, kobo, nook, epub, web, or app version of the website

How It Can Be Used• Publish a story with several different types of media

• Use the template feature to create interactive, multimedia pages

• Create photo galleries for picture-driven stories

• Add videos to enhance stories

• Publish stories in several different formats on various platforms

Uses Specifically for Journalists• Can create online multimedia specials with parallax-scrolling

effects

• Creatavist can create similar projects

• Allows journalists to create interactive, unique stories that can be shared across a variety of platforms

• Perfect for the in-depth, complicated story with an archive of content

Journalistic Examples• The Boston NPR station WBUR was the first story to be built

on the new platform

• WBUR partnered with Atavist to build “Bulger on Trial,” a magazine-like, interactive story about Whitey Bulger

• http://bulger.wbur.org/story/1977/?location=14098

Demonstration• https://michaelsluby.creatavist.com

• https://www.creatavist.com/cms/story/30697