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Visual Storytelling

I'd like to point you guys to a neat multimedia presentation at this MSNBC page.

It's by a great photogrpaher, Ed Kashi, who has done stories for National Geographic.

This is a digital flipbook produced by Mediastorm (another great website and company). It is a great way to present a story that will hold someone's attention but as a photographer, I'd like to see the very best shots from a tight edit of the work.

The video is a little snarky at MSNBC, but it should be posted soon on the Mediastorm website.

Also, there is some interesting background info on this project.

MSNBC actually bid for the work on an online auction at the Mediastorm site. Mediastorm received bids from news and lifestyle mags from around the world. That sounds very, very interesting to freelancers.

A place like Mediastorm might just be the new Gatekeepers of news and information.

Previously unfiltered information from bloggers or citizen journalists will be sent to online news auction houses where only the best content is distributed over the internet.

I guess this would be for those people looking to gain credibility, of course any Joe or Jane Blogger would be free to put up a site for whatever they want to talk about.

Jason Aldag

posted by Mark H. @ 11/25/2006 10:10:00 PM