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Jill Hopke @jillhopke January 6, 2015 Mul$media Storytelling in Journalism

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Jill  Hopke  @jillhopke  

 January  6,  2015  

 Mul$media  Storytelling  in  

Journalism  

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Direct  Cinema  

•  Observa$onal  camera  

•  Capture  life  as  it  happens  

•  Not  intercede  with  subject  

•  Engaging  way  to  tell  a  story,  grab  aAen$on  

Image  Source:  de  Mare,  A.  &  Kelly,  K.  (2014).  The  homestretch.    United  States:  Spargel  Produc$ons  and  Kartemquin  Films.    

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Point  of  View  (POV)    

•  Take  viewer  somewhere    

•  Focus  on  “why”  and  “how”  

•  Subject  in  their  reality,  in  their  own  voice  

•  Basis  for  all  produc$on  decisions  

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Drama$c  Curve  

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NarraEve  Structure  –  DramaEc  Curve      

Exposi$on  Inci$ng  Moment  

Rising  Ac$on  

Resolu$on  

Crisis  or  Climax  

Adapted  from:  Rabiger,  M.  (1998).  Direc&ng  the  Documentary.  Boston:  Focal  Press.      Time  

Intensity

 

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Types  of  Conflict  

 Internal    External    Societal    Environmental  

How  Ebola  Roared  Back  The  New  York  Times    December  29,  2014  

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•  Did  you  go  somewhere?  •  Did  you  meet  anyone  interesEng?  •  Did  you  learn  anything?  •  Did  you  feel  something?  •  Were  there  surprises?    •  Did  it  transform  your  thinking?        Adapted  from:  Wadhams,  S.  (n.d.).  Thinking  about  radio.  Unpublished  manuscript.  

A  good  story  will  take  you  on  a  journey  

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How  Would  You  Cover    Student  Debt?  

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Your  Editor  Assigns  You  to  Cover  Student  Debt  

Illinois  Ranks  #15      Public  and  Private    Non-­‐Profit  Schools  

Source:  Short,  K.  (2014,  Nov.  19).  Here  is  the  average  student  debt  burden  in  each  state,  The  Huffington  Post.  Data  visualizaEon  by  debt.com.      

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 Trends  in  Mul$media  and    

Mobile  Content  

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The  MulEmedia  Reporter  

Homeless  Families    WBEZ,  December  12,  2014  

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Sharing  and  Cross-­‐PromoEon  

Ebola’s  Pa$ent  Zero  New  York  Times  and  Frontline  

December  29,  2014  

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Changing  DistribuEon  Plaaorms  

 News  consump$on  is  increasingly      on-­‐demand,  mobile  and  social,      especially  for  younger  audiences.    

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Further  Reading,  Viewing,  Listening  

ü  Block,  B.  (2008).  The  Visual  Story.  Oxford:  Focal  Press.  

ü  Kern,  J.  (2008).  Sound  Repor&ng.  Chicago:  The  University  of  Chicago  Press.  

ü  Rabiger,  M.  (2014).  Direc&ng  the  Documentary.  Burlington,  MA:  Focal  Press.  

ü  PBS.  Independent  Lens.  ü  PRX.  Radiotopia.    

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QuesEons?    Thank  you!  Jill  Hopke  

[email protected]  @jillhopke  

Jillhopke.com