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