{"id":112,"date":"2005-10-08T11:46:32","date_gmt":"2005-10-08T19:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/?p=112"},"modified":"2016-06-14T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T19:56:23","slug":"lets-make-up-new-storytelling-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/2005\/10\/08\/lets-make-up-new-storytelling-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Make Up New Storytelling Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Convener:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Nora Paul<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reporter<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nora Paul<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charlotte Hall<\/li>\n<li>Ken Sands<\/li>\n<li>Matt Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Jan Schaffer<\/li>\n<li>Florangela Davila<\/li>\n<li>Chris Peck<\/li>\n<li>Sue Ellen Christian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-114\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/New-Story-Forms-session-1-pg-34-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"New Story Forms session 1 pg 34\" width=\"412\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/New-Story-Forms-session-1-pg-34-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/New-Story-Forms-session-1-pg-34.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The group became a great brain dump of story forms that people have seen (and tried) that could be part of a richer mix of media both online and in print. Following are these ideas and some of the discussion about the challenges of getting \u201cinverted pyramid\u201d trained reporters to think of new ways to approach storytelling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of the challenges:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting reporters to get away from the idea that length determines their value (that you are more admired if you get to do the 20\u201d story than if you do a rich cutline.)<\/li>\n<li>How to get narrative writing to be more emotional<\/li>\n<li>Creating a vocabulary about different story forms so that can be part of the conversation about covering a story, which form would best serve the reader<\/li>\n<li>J-schools still teach inverted pyramid as the predominant text \/ story form<\/li>\n<li>How can online be used to continually evolve a story \u2013 it doesn\u2019t have to have a finite end.<\/li>\n<li>Why don\u2019t newspapers do more photojournalism essays: It is a struggle to provide pictorial stories in print\u2026can fall flat (at Newsday tried to do a year in the life of new immigrants, it didn\u2019t really work<\/li>\n<li>One of the things we need from journalism education is how to be a wire service reporter for online\u2026how to write the 3 paragraph story in 3 minutes, then add some more facts, then add some more\u2026evolving report<\/li>\n<li>Challenges of writing great headlines, ones that hook you (Netscape homepage does this well)<\/li>\n<li>Maps are powerful story forms \u2013 need more map makers in newsrooms<\/li>\n<li>Look to the sports desk for inspiration about new story forms \u2013 they have a strong voice, do more visually.<\/li>\n<li>We need to reinvent campaign coverage (see notes from the \u201cMaster Narrative\u201d group\u2026)<\/li>\n<li>The \u201ctails\u201d for \u201ctales\u201d:\n<ul>\n<li>The breaking news tale \u2013 what is happening<\/li>\n<li>The next day tale \u2013 what happened<\/li>\n<li>The long tail of the tale \u2013 reactions, feedback, comments, links\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Some of the ideas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Comic Strip:<\/strong> for an interview with a comic book artist, Matt Thompson at Fresno Bee online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/rites\/mccloud\/\">http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/rites\/mccloud\/<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-119 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/Scott-McCloud-pg-37.jpg\" alt=\"Scott McCloud pg 37\" width=\"239\" height=\"75\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pop-up Music Video:<\/strong> story about a woman leaving to go to Nashville, Matt Thompson at Fresno Bee online<\/li>\n<li><strong>Info-graphics<\/strong>: creative use of infographics \u2013 ie: analysis of how many times Bush said particular words in his State of the Union speech<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charticles:<\/strong> Charlotte said they are trying to figure out more stories that are best told visually \u2013 for example, explanatory stories like having a poll on growth with just a \u201cchunklet\u201d of story text and the rest of the story told with the graphic data<\/li>\n<li><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Person Narrative:<\/strong> Orlando sent two reporters to cover Katrina and asked that they write as eyewitnesses rather than typical reporters \u2013 \u201cWhat I Saw\u201d. New Yorker articles are exemplars of great 1<sup>st<\/sup> person writing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blogging: <\/strong> Blogging is a story form in and of itself. Successful use of blogging online wouldn\u2019t translate well to print \u2013 for example, the Sentinel had a blogger doing minute by minute updates about the shuttle launch \u2013 would not have been good in the paper, it was old. Matt talked about blogging the Vice President debates, could put in commentary and opinions, do live fact checking. Blogging in news sites often serve as a notes column which then become written up in more formal news article form.\n<ul>\n<li>Roger Roy \u2013 Orlando Sentinel: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/news_nationworld_rogerroy\/\">http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/news_nationworld_rogerroy\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wiki-reporting:<\/strong> Esquire reporter put a draft article about wikis on wikipedia and let the world edit it. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WP:ITAAW\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WP:ITAAW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Play with different designs:<\/strong> what if there was something like the Griffin and Sabine books \u2013 story told in letters \u2013 graphics<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-118 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/Parrot-pg-37.jpg\" alt=\"Parrot pg 37\" width=\"198\" height=\"139\" \/><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Epistemological approach:<\/strong> Slate is good at using this dialogic form of storytelling<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fast \/ vital facts:<\/strong> Provide a box with the fast facts, \u201cwhat you need to know\u201d for readers for any news story \u2013 Commercial Appeal<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impact Box:<\/strong> Provide \u201cwhy it matters\u201d from different perspectives: ie: in a story on social security, try providing information like: here\u2019s why it matters to you 24 year olds, to you 54 year olds, to you 74 year olds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Telling the story through sound and image<\/strong>: emotional content can sometimes best be made by getting the reporter out of the story and let the participants tell it.\n<ul>\n<li>Back to School http:\/\/www.spokesmanreview.com\/blogs\/video\/play.asp?file=090605_school2&amp;filetype=swf<\/li>\n<li>Multimedia Obits http:\/\/www.spokesmanreview.com\/library\/valley\/obits\/cover.asp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sing it \u2013 don\u2019t say it:<\/strong> I Did it Bi-Way \u2013 a column about the mayor of Spokane <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokesmanreview.com\/tools\/story_pf.asp?ID=87504\">http:\/\/www.spokesmanreview.com\/tools\/story_pf.asp?ID=87504<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Making the Global Local:<\/strong> Snapshots &#8211; have a national \/ international news event put into local context (population comparison, size\u2026) Memphis Commercial Appeal<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cA Thousand Words\u201d:<\/strong> As in a picture is worth a thousand words \u2013 have some photos that make you go \u201chmmmm\u201d (Memphis Commercial Appeal)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cLife is Short: Autobiography as Haiku\u201d<\/strong>: Washington Post http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/10\/01\/AR2005100101170.html?sub=AR<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vidlogs: Use music and voices in the story presentation online:<\/strong> Rocket Boom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketboom.com\/vlog\/\">http:\/\/www.rocketboom.com\/vlog\/<\/a> MN Stories <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnstories.com\/\">http:\/\/www.mnstories.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>News: The Screenplay:<\/strong> Try to put the words of a debate between two people in screenplay format.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Play a game: <\/strong>City Council Survivor Game (vote off the city council people) \u2013 Topeka <a href=\"http:\/\/cjonline.com\/survivor\/\">http:\/\/cjonline.com\/survivor\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A Tale from Two Sources:<\/strong> have two versions of an informational trip \u2013 Grand Canyon \u2013 New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/10\/06\/science\/sciencespecial2\/06canyon.html?adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1128813966-QJlaWLr\/uF2wjxBa\/w+L6g\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/10\/06\/science\/sciencespecial2\/06canyon.html?adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1128813966-QJlaWLr\/uF2wjxBa\/w+L6g<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mad Lib the State of the Union Address<\/strong>: why not\u2026might make more sense<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jib Jab the News<\/strong>: Washington \/ Washington State football rivalry http:\/\/www.komotv.com\/news\/story.asp?ID=34041<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-117 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/Faces-pg-38.jpg\" alt=\"Faces pg 38\" width=\"208\" height=\"149\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Annotate the News:<\/strong> James Fallows did an annotation of the State of the Union in Atlantic, Jan. 23, 2004 *<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harper\u2019s Index<\/strong>: great story form, put takes a real knack to pull it off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpers.org\/HarpersIndex2005.html\">http:\/\/www.harpers.org\/HarpersIndex2005.html<\/a> **<\/li>\n<li><strong>Animate the news<\/strong>: Mark Fiore\u2019s editorial cartoon animations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-116 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/Cartoon-pg-39.jpg\" alt=\"Cartoon pg 39\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Transparency: <\/strong>The reporter lets the audience in on how they reported the story. Christian Science Monitor.com \u201cReporters on the Job\u201d. <a href=\"http:\/\/search.csmonitor.com\/2005\/1005\/p06s01-wogn.htm\">http:\/\/search.csmonitor.com\/2005\/1005\/p06s01-wogn.htm<\/a> ***<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coming Attractions:<\/strong> Let the audience know what you are working on, elicit their input on the coming stories.\n<ul>\n<li>Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/opinion\/\">http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/opinion\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Minnesota Public Radio\u2019s Public Insight Journalism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/publicinsightjournalism\/\">http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/publicinsightjournalism\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Huckleberries Online<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokesmanreview.com\/blogs\/nhb\/\">http:\/\/www.spokesmanreview.com\/blogs\/nhb\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mini-docs: <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/rites\/creative\/\">http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/rites\/creative\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Attribution style:<\/strong> instead of breaking up the flow of a narrative with \u201caccording to\u2026\u201d do blanket attributions at the end of the story (Chicago Tribune \u2013 tornado)(AP story about woman who was kidnapped)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Provide different viewpoints on the same page: <\/strong> Watch Blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchblog.com\/\">http:\/\/www.watchblog.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-113 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/New-Story-Forms-session-2-pg-35-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"New Story Forms session 2 pg 35\" width=\"427\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/New-Story-Forms-session-2-pg-35-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/New-Story-Forms-session-2-pg-35.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Memorable quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If print is going to be successful we have to find something that is distinctively our voice. Charlotte Hall<\/li>\n<li>We aren\u2019t hearing enough authentic voices in print \u2013 their voices get filtered. Charlotte Hall<\/li>\n<li>We have to battle against the idea that your value is based on the length of the story. Charlotte Hall<\/li>\n<li>The emotional impact of photography is very powerful.<\/li>\n<li>Newspapers are hesitant to be snide, satirical, funny \u2013 how can you get reporters to do some things in a funny, light-hearted way? Chris Peck<\/li>\n<li>Do journalism educators need to throw out the inverted pyramid? No! but do teach multiple story forms.<\/li>\n<li>I challenge reporters to think about how they would tell this story to their mother, to their lawyer, to their 3-year-old. Charlotte Hall<\/li>\n<li>How do we write headlines that prompt action, that are a tease more than a sell. Chris Peck<\/li>\n<li>I got an anonymous note saying \u201cI hope as you make the paper more visual that you won\u2019t forget about long story starts on Page One.\u201d Charlotte Hall<\/li>\n<li>We all have egos and want to do a good job. If we do these shorter forms, we need to get feedback. Florangela Davila<\/li>\n<li>Find and use those \u201clearning moments\u201d in the news. Chris Peck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Atlantic Unbound | January 23, 2004<br \/>\n<strong>Politics<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>The State of the Union Address <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Annotated by James Fallows, an <em>Atlantic<\/em> national correspondent and a former presidential speechwriter<br \/>\n<strong>&#8230;..<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:<\/p>\n<p>America this evening is a nation called to great responsibilities. And we are rising to meet them. <em>[The speech gets off to a mildly unusual start. Last year, the president opened with the one-two introductory combo that is standard for SOTU addresses. First, he reminded the audience of the historic importance of a president&#8217;s annual report to Congress; then, he revealed his judgment about how the &#8220;state of the union&#8221; stands. Last year, as a reminder, he said in the second paragraph of his speech that &#8220;our union is strong.&#8221; This year, the verdict doesn&#8217;t come until the sixth paragraph, below, where the union is now &#8220;confident and strong.&#8221;]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>** Harper&#8217;s Index for September 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Increase in the total value of U.S. residential property since 2000, expressed as a percentage of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpers.org\/Economics.html#20050914ucgdmprraenm\">GDP<\/a> : 60[Federal Reserve Board (Washington)\/Bureau of Economic Analysis (Washington)]<\/p>\n<p>Increase in the value of all U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpers.org\/Economics.html#20050914fxjhifuvohpb\">stocks<\/a> between 1995 and 2000, as a percentage of GDP : 59[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\/Bureau of Economic Analysis (Washington)]<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"6%\">***<\/td>\n<td width=\"86%\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/Monitor-pg-40-300x25.jpg\" alt=\"Monitor pg 40\" width=\"384\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/Monitor-pg-40-300x25.jpg 300w, https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/485\/2016\/06\/Monitor-pg-40.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"6%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"2%\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\" width=\"95%\">from the October 05, 2005 edition &#8211; http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2005\/1005\/p06s01-wogn.html<\/p>\n<h2>Reporters on the Job<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Tip of an Indonesian Iceberg:<\/strong> The genesis of today&#8217;s story about Indonesia&#8217;s battle to define Islam was prompted by a moment of curiosity, and became something of a revelation to correspondent Tom McCawley.<\/p>\n<p>Tom was working on another assignment with a photographer who mentioned that he&#8217;d seen a blockade outside the headquarters of Liberal Islam Network. Tom made a few calls, and realized he&#8217;d stumbled on a defining war of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s easy to cover breaking news events and not ever see these major subterranean battles between people with different visions of the same faith. It&#8217;s theoretical but there are real practical consequences,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Clark Scott, <\/strong><em>World editor<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"2%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"34\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"649\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"34\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"16\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convener:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nora Paul Reporter:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nora Paul Participants: Charlotte Hall Ken Sands Matt Thompson Jan Schaffer Florangela Davila Chris Peck Sue Ellen Christian Discussion: The group became a great brain dump of story forms that people have seen (and tried) that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/2005\/10\/08\/lets-make-up-new-storytelling-forms\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-session-notes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/kalamazoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}