Collaborating in Multimedia

One of the interesting things I found useful in chapter 2 of the Multimedia Journalist was the idea of collaboration. Typically in my background of broadcast news, the usual collaboration is between a photographer and the reporter and each role is very concrete. The reporter’s job is to write the news story and the photographer’s job is to document it with film and video. In multimedia, the rules have changed. The collaboration is still in effect, but now reporters can be the photographers and vice versa. The idea of storytelling in multimedia is very different from broadcast stories. Multimedia projects have a team of journalists that contribute information and play various roles in producing a project. The collaborations and contributions that go into a multimedia project are endless and journalists are able to share information and produce captivating stories. The ultimate goal of collaborating and specializing in media is gaining multiple sources of content in order to create multimedia projects. I can tell that Multimedia storytelling is going to be a new way to tell stories outside of the traditional storytelling techniques.