Miranda Mulligan Design Editor, Boston.com Q: BostonGlobe.com recently launched a website redesign that uses the adaptive layouts, font resizing and image scaling of responsive design to deliver a readable website no matter what screen size you’re using. What are the main challenges to maintaining a responsive news site? First a little background because the new […]
Danny Gawolski Video Editor, The Seattle Times In 2010, the The Seattle Times Staff was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its comprehensive coverage, in print and online, of the shooting deaths of four police officers in a coffee house and the 40-hour manhunt for the suspect. Q: You started as a photojournalist. What are the differences between […]
Andrew Devigal Multimedia Editor, The New York Times Q: Since you have taken over as multimedia editor at the Times, how has the term multimedia evolved? A: When I started at The New York Times in the fall of 2006, the core multimedia desk was made up of Flash journalists and audio producers. The staff […]
Interactive history This interactive graphic lets baseball fans explore years of statistics for past Red Sox managers. In addition to providing a rich data set, the Globe’s site is entirely responsive to the screen size on which the user is viewing it. So the graphic reconfigures to be readable on any device, from a cell […]
Interactive tour This New York Times package combines compelling images with explanatory audio that gives viewers a peek into the new Islamic wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This virtual tour is both elegantly designed and easy to navigate. Click here to explore this nytimes.com package
Crisis Guide: Iran In 2011, the Council on Foreign Affairs developed this in-depth multimedia package that explains Iran’s history, its evolution as an Islamic republic, and the controversial nuclear program that has its neighbors worried about the future. This beautifully designed explorative package provides a comprehensive look at the main policy options for dealing with […]
Fractions of a second: An Olympic musical This nytimes.com visualization combines visualization with sound to show how close some of the events are. This innovative presentation shows that sometimes, all that separates the gold medalist from the 10th-place finisher is a split second. Click here to link to this nytimes.com musical visualization
The 9/11 tapes: The story in the air 2011 marked the 10-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Who better to provide a comprehensive, multimedia memorial than the New York Times? In this interactive feature, they present a well edited, visually engaging audio presentation of audio from […]
Panoramas of Joplin before and after the tornado When tornados flattened the small town of Joplin, Mo. in 2011, The New York Times used Google street view images to show the devastation caused by the storms. This interactive gallery of panorama images allows the viewer to explore the streets of Joplin in a very engaging, […]
Satellite photos of Japan, before and after the quake and tsunami The New York Times is an international leader in its innovative use of multimedia tools for telling visual stories. In this presentation, users can view satellite pictures taken by GeoEye/EyeQ from before and after the Japan tsunami disaster. With a simple drag of the […]
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