Seemingly at just the exact moment yesterday when I was posting my entry about storytelling in the troubled world of newspaper journalism, my friend Thaler Pekar was expressing great enthusiasm on Facebook for an upcoming publication, San Francisco Panorama, a one-time-only newspaper to be published by McSweeney’s. Here’s why the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Digital/Multimedia Storytelling
Four Pronouncements about Storytelling in Journalism
We had only one heartbreak during our wonderful summer and early fall in Kettle Falls, WA — we were unable to have a daily newspaper delivered to us. The Spokesman-Review of Spokane had recently cut costs by ending home delivery in our area. Given that we were 20 miles from … Continue reading
No. 3(+) Entry in Raf Stevens Great Storytelling Challenge: Superb Audio Stories
Continuing to rise to reader Raf Stevens’ challenge to present and characterize examples of excellent storytelling …. Yesterday, while riding in an RV across the beautiful breadth of Washington state for 10 hours, I listened to 19 podcasts from The Moth’s podcast series. As a subscriber to the free podcast, … Continue reading
No. 2 Entry in Raf Stevens Great Storytelling Challenge: Sometimes It’s All in the Delivery
Again rising to reader Raf Stevens’ challenge for me to present more examples of good storytelling in this space, I give you another one that is making the social-media rounds. This one could not be more different from my first entry, posted earlier this week, “The Closet.” While that one … Continue reading
Rising to the Challenge: Great Storytelling Example No. 1
Last week, reader Raf Stevens challenged me to present more examples of good storytelling in this space. I was critical of the storytelling in the entries in Slideshare’s World’s Best Presentation Contest, so Stevens wanted to get a better idea of what I consider to be good storytelling. Here’s an … Continue reading
Further Exploring What Makes Good Presentation Storytelling: Seeking Definitions and Examples
Had a couple of good comments to yesterday’s entry about Slideshare’s World’s Best Presentation Contest 2009. Raf Stevens challenged me to share more examples of good storytelling, particularly from among Slideshare presentations. I accept the challenge, although I find it difficult to identify good slideshow storytelling because the slides are … Continue reading
Story Doesn’t Fare Well in World’s Best Presentation Contest 09
I’ve gotten into the habit of evaluating the storytelling in the presentation contests that Slideshare holds. The first one I looked at a little more than a year ago was dubbed The World’s Greatest Presentation Contest. No special emphasis on storytelling was implied or included in the contest, but because … Continue reading
Transmedia Storytelling for the Individual/Job-seeker: What It Might Look Like: Part 2
In yesterday’s entry, I proposed deploying transmedia storytelling on an individual basis for the purpose of, say, getting a job or attracting clients. I used a framework suggested by Jeff Gomez, president and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, for looking at individual transmedia storytelling. Gomez (who very kindly stopped by … Continue reading
My Wackiest Proposal Yet: Transmedia Storytelling for the Individual, Job-seeker: Part 1
What I’m about to propose here may be wacky, but it’s also timely, given personal-branding guru Dan Schawbel’s blog post yesterday asking readers to predict when traditional resumes will die. My proposal: Individuals and job-seekers can use transmedia storytelling to tell their personal stories and brand themselves. It’s wacky primarily … Continue reading
Thank YOU, Bernajean, for All You Do for Storytelling
Bernajean Porter, who is kind enough to frequently retweet my entries here on A Storied Career, made a lovely comment on yesterday’s entry. Since comments are a bit obscured here, I thought I’d bring it to the forefront as Bernajean deserves much credit for all she does for storytelling: I … Continue reading