I\u2019ve been struggling with something, and I\u2019m asking for your help \u2014 to have a frank and honest discussion. There\u2019s a lot of new tech out there: the newest copy and paste embed tool, programming library, etc. There\u2019s a lot of pressure to use things and garner the most clicks.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m all about alternate story forms, but sometimes I wonder if we lose the narrative in our pieces. Too often, I wonder where\u2019s the context? What more could we provide with unlimited time and resources? What can we provide with the time and resources we have?<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s talk about what works, what doesn\u2019t. I\u2019ll show some examples of techniques I\u2019ve tried, and those I\u2019ve seen in the wild. But really, I want to hear yours.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, how do we make sure that, when giving people multiple entry points to a story so they can make their own discoveries, they still get something out of it? How do we provide guidance through storytelling without creating an absolute monarchy?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a problem I wrestle with every day, and I\u2019m willing to bet I\u2019m not the only one. This is a question that affects the very core of how we do our jobs, today, next week and in decades to come.<\/p>\n
Thinking about these kinds of issues in one\u2019s dreams can\u2019t be healthy. But if we talk it through and work together, maybe we\u2019ll all sleep a bit better at night. And even change the industry while we\u2019re at it. Let\u2019s chat.<\/p>\n
Michelle Minkoff does whatever needs doing to combine data, journalism and programming \u2014 and help others develop alternate story forms that fit content, a mission she has plowed away at for about three years. Her current playground is the Associated Press\u2019 Washington, D.C., bureau, where she started working in August 2011. She is part of the AP\u2019s Interactives department, which spans the globe from Phoenix to Bangkok, featuring artists, cartographers, developers, designers and video specialists. Every day, she straddles the line between working with that team and collaborating with reporters and editors that focus on policy and politics in D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"start_time":1348323300,"end_time":1348326900,"moderators":[],"hashtag":["#ONAuncon"],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"","last_name":"","title":"","organization":"","website":"","twitter":"","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":"","spay_email":""},"tags":[],"event":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/1542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ona_session"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1542"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ona12.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}