Exam 1

Question 1

When partners cooperate in both gathering and disseminating the news

Answer 1

Convergence

Question 2

When images are aligned in a predetermined format

Answer 2

Linear format

Question 3

A method for providing multiple points of entry into a story package

Answer 3

Information layering

Question 4

Taking stuff that wouldn’t normally be visual and making it visual; these are best used when needing a comparison and other things

Answer 4

Information graphics

Question 5

A collaborative approach to storytelling bringing in the experts in each medium to facilitate the brainstorming process

Answer 5

Maestro concept

Question 6

A process of taking a broad topic and “peeling” back the layers to deeper and deeper stories

Answer 6

“Peeling the onion”

Question 7

All the different dimensions of media; tv, radio, internet

Answer 7

Multimedia storytelling

Question 8

The way you work together with everyone involved in a project; rather it is physically working close together, the reporter contributing to research, etc.

Answer 8

Workflow

Question 9

This allows the users to control the navigation of visual content

Answer 9

Nonlinear format

Question 10

Repeating yourself throughout a piece to try and make a point

Answer 10

Redundancies

Question 11

How people feel while using your website; if they like it, if they can easily find what they need, if they complete the task you’ve intended for them

Answer 11

User experience

Question 12

When web designers break down a “blueprint” for their website

Answer 12

Storyboard

Question 13

What are the seven skills every multimedia journalist needs?

Answer 13

1) Strong writing skills
2) Ability to understand how stories are best told over multiple platforms
3) Develop proficiency and continue to learn as many multimedia tools and software programs as possible
4) Be flexible
5) Be able to mine and understand complex data sets
6) Understand the role of digital asset management
7) Be able to assess the multimedia potential for a single story
8) Understand the fundamentals

Question 14

What are the three rules of collaboration?

Answer 14

1) Remember that disagreeing with someone about a story does not have to be contentious
2) Make sure everyone has an opportunity to express their opinions so you can maintain diversity
3) Understand that not everyone will be happy all the time

Question 15

Why do you need to make sure there is enough depth to warrant a layered approach in spotting a multimedia story?

Answer 15

You have to have many different layers to make it a multimedia story. You need more than one thing to put into it in order to keep your consumers interested

Question 16

Why would someone choose to create an audio story instead?

Answer 16

1) When there is sound that can’t be described in words

2) When the way someone says something adds meaning that words alone can’t convey

Question 17

Why would someone choose to create a video story instead?

Answer 17

1) To show action

2) Highlight a location

Question 18

What are the advantages of infographics?

Answer 18

You can make something visual that isn’t usually visual