Storytelling In The Digital Age
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2012-08-14/storytelling-digital-age
Common wisdom has it that technology is shrinking our attention spans and narrowing the kinds of stories we seek on the Web. But what if new devices and platforms like e-books and tablets are actually creating entirely new forms of writing? New York Times tech reporter and suspense writer Matt Richtel joins us to explore how new technology is breathing life into the short story genre, and discusses how he uses real technology stories to inform his fiction.
Guests
Matt Richtel
Technology Reporter, New York Times; Author, "Floodgate: A Short Story" (forthcoming)(Harper)
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Hi, my name is Jake Naughton and I'm the Multimedia Projects Coordinator at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. I just wanted to share some ways for us that tablets and ebooks are changing non-fiction storytelling as well.
We've just launched a new series of interactive multimedia books for the iPad produced on apple's iBooks author program. Both books feature in-depth looks at systemic issues presented in a really beautiful and immersive way, one focusing on the global crisis of statelessness and the other looking at the resilience of the Haitian people in the year and a half following the earthquake. They're wonderful to read and use, and they weave long-form narrative together with photos, videos and interactive elements. PLUS, all of the revenue goes straight to the contributors.
Our mission with this project is two-fold—we're trying to provide a space for people to consume long-form journalism on hefty international issues AND trying to generate a new revenue stream for journalists doing this type of important work.
If you are interested in learning more, please visit us at http://pulitzercenter.org