[pullquote]I don’t think journalism schools should begin teaching iambic pentameter, only that journalists who wish to relay meaning over straight fact study the masters of short-form writing. Along with learning how to craft scenes and narrative arcs, these journalists should learn to pack meaning into shorter pieces audiences will access digitally, pieces that are part of—not simply complementary to—video, still images and graphics. For the rest of Part One, click HERE. For Part Two, click HERE[/pullquote]This two-part series examined the writing in the top-rated multimedia stories posted on Interactive Narratives, a showcase of multimedia storytelling sponsored by the Online News Association. While those stories did contain many words written in a traditional journalistic feature style, I make the case that feature forms need to evolve to become part of – not simply complementary to – the photographs, video and interactive graphics.
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