The New York Times’ Health Care in the U.S. Timeline

This is a good example of a timeline and its importance in journalism. Clearly, this one is interactive but it has the same gist as the one you were working...

Lovely student photos

Without reading Rachelle’s captions, I knew immediately what her story was about. Note how Rachelle — who has attended photography school — takes the images from different angles and doesn’t worry about getting too close. Though she was just in one place, she took several types of photos — didn’t stay with just one person. For your future assignments, you will need to focus your...

Today’s lecture: Movement in media

Half the Sky (left) and the Girl Effect...

Last photo post: A photographer’s winter Olympics

My former photo editor Troy Wayrynen shoots the Olympics every other year, lucky dog, and posted his images to this site. I wouldn’t normally post yet more photos, but what makes these ones interesting to you, dear students, are his captions. Troy explains what it took to get these photos — going for his own gold medal of sorts. He tells us, the viewer, where he shot the photos and what camera...

Don’t be a “low-rent Ira Glass wannabe”

I asked friends on Facebook for audio visual inspirations, and college pal Katy Aronoff posted the following: “There are some great examples from NPR of how well-produced audio can tell a story. I know everyone thinks of Ira Glass when this subject comes up, and I’m as big a fan of This American Life as anyone, but there are ways to do this that don’t involve mimicking that formula and...