I taught Multimedia Communications courses to Journalism students, so articles like these were some of my first introductions to visualisation. I’ve been hooked ever since!
Published in December 2012, many consider The New York Times’ article ‘Snow Fall’ to be the forerunner to the multimedia journalism pieces we’re now seeing. Innovative in its use of auto-playing video, parallax scrolling, slideshows and interactive navigation, this provides a reading experience that your typical news article simply can’t.
At the time it came out, we were building websites, and had a ton of clients asking – ‘can you make it like Snow Fall?’ demonstrating that the article was providing design inspiration outside of journalism, too.
The Guardian’s ‘Firestorm’ followed a couple of months later, and the rest is history! Here are some of my favourite multimedia journalism pieces.
Snow Fall
Source: The New York Times
Firestorm
Source: The Guardian
Machines for Life
Source: Pitchfork
Outside the Lines
Source: ESPN
Glitter in the Dark
Source: Pitchfork
NSA Files: Decoded
Source: The Guardian
A Game of Shark and Minnow
Source: The New York Times
The Geeks on the Front Lines
Source: Rolling Stone
The Jockey
Source: The New York Times
512 Paths
Source: The New York Times
Beneath New York
Source: National Geographic
The Tsarnaev Trial: Drawing a Line
Source: The Washington Post
Have I missed any of your favourites? Let me know in the comments!
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