Tag Archives: MSNBC

How to Tell a Multimedia Story, Part 2 (The Pitch) 4

Let’s say you have a really good story idea, one that would be best told through sound and visuals. How do you get it published?

This is one of the most common questions I hear from freelancers, and one of the reasons why sites like Mediabistro and Freelance Success — both of which I used to [...]

How to Tell a Multimedia Story, Part 1 (The Interview) 2

All stories can have a visual component, but some stories demand sound as well.
A couple weeks ago, seasoned multimedia pros Nancy Donaldson of The New York Times and Jim Seida of MSNBC.com spent three days running journalists through an intensive workshop to teach them how to gather and compose audio narratives.

Seida, who takes pride in [...]