Multimedia Perspective

Melanie Burford, a staff photographer for the Dallas Morning News who was part of a team that won the 2006 Pulitzer prize for breaking news photography, spoke to Akins Journalism students at the TAJE convention over the weekend.

Amoung the major points that she made is the fact that multimedia is one of the most important skills that journalists and particularly photojournalists need to master if they are going to have a chance of being hired in the near future.

Look at what she did with her work for the traditional print newspaper, The Dallas Morning News.

Assignment:
1. Go to the following site
Sugar Hill


2. Watch the slideshow, and answer the following on your blog:
A. What skills in addition to photography did Melanie Burford utilize to produce this slideshow?
B. What was the effect (added power or meaning) of the multimedia effects of the slideshow.

3 . Explore the page including the map, videos and the other features. What is the most interesting multimedia effect? Post your answer on your blog.