Digital Storytelling: Making Smart Choices

Theodore Kim | @TheoTypes | April 2016

Choices? Choices!

Goals, Goals, Goals• Understand the strength of your content• Use the resources you have• Know your audience and your limitations

Composing a Photo

What stands out?

All stories are different

Consumption differs

How do we make smarter choices?

What is the story?

Apply the “yell” test

Think of your audience

Does it work on mobile?

It’s easier than you think

Know your limits

Great idea, but bad journalism

Digital audiences are forgiving

Tradition isn’t a good excuse

Digital Storytelling• Apply the photo/yell test• Think of your audience• Does it work on mobile?• Know your resources/limitations• Good journalism trumps all• Experiment!

Exercises

Questions and wrap