My hands off to all those adults who work and are pursuing a certified course all at once, because it takes commitment to have a good grade at school and still produce quality work at your job.
Yes I do go to school! With the constantly changing climate in computer technology, I enrolled with the Antigua and Barbuda International Institute of Technology (abiit.edu.ag) to have a better understanding of computers and their history so took on a course in Webmaster.
Anyway enough about me, as you may have noticed from the heading we are exploring the world of multi-media story telling in Journalism. This is part of one month online course am pursuing with the Knight Centre for Journalism based at the University of Texas.
From a list of 5 websites we are supposed to choose 3 great multi-media packages and explain why we picked them.
I picked
'Forced Out': The headline and picture grab your attention first off compelling the reader to explore the story further.
This package is very informative and I was drawn to it because of its interactive nature with links, graphs, video, audio, text and photographs.
This package is very informative and I was drawn to it because of its interactive nature with links, graphs, video, audio, text and photographs.
Its home page includes narrated photos, graphics showing how landlords use the vacancy exemption clause to their profitable advantage and an interactive map.
The links at the top entitled 'Day 1' - 'About Series' give readers a close look at tenants who are victims and what information was unearthed by the reporter's investigation.
'Exonerated, Freed and what happened Then': Have you ever wondered what happens to all those who served time in prison and have now been found innocent of the alleged crimes? Well this package gives you photos, audio, video and text so that you can interact closely with these people.
The package allows the reader to navigate from one person to the other to hear their voices narrate their ordeal. And mind you this also includes life after prison.
Related links show how many are coping with the outside world, as several were incarcerated as teenagers.
It also gives a level of insight into how far government is willing to go to help these individuals and if they received compensation.
'Daily Life of Iraq Kurdistan': How many of us have seen stories about post war Iraq or Kurdish life after Saddam Hussein?
This particular package for me was an eye opener as it shows different aspects of the region. Unlike conventional multimedia packages, this is presented mostly in video with special effects, audio (eastern music) with some still photos and little text , the story really grabs you. It leaves you knowing that life has definitely improved for these people despite the tight security measures enforced.
The viewer is taken through various images all representative of life after Saddam Hussein's persecution. You see a boy forced to be the man of the house and provide for his family by looking for scraps.
On a lighter note you see children and teenagers playing in an amusement park. Soldiers in training and how motorists don't mind being searched at check points.
The most compelling video footage the hospital with victims of land mines being attended to by nursing staff.
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