Let’s do some crazy new media stuff together

Hi all, I’m writing this post to tell you more about my projects with new media.

I’m graduating in a couple of weeks and I’ve been thinking, obviously, of what to do after that. What I know is that I love writing, I love sound, video, photography and I don’t want to have to focus on one of these media more than on another. The web not only supports all of them, it also allows for them to be mixed and used simultaneously. It also allows for interactivity, which is a great tool to tell stories. Plus, we already now that the future of the news is online. I also love to tell stories (in documentary formats though, I’m not really a daily news person.)

So, my plan is to be able to conceive multiplatform stories. How exactly, I’m not sure yet, and that’s why I need your help.

What I’m thinking about right now is to create a multimedia production company where I would collaborate with web developers, videographers and other specialists to put together the stories. Someone suggested that the best way to finance these projects would be through new media grants.

Others have told me about their wish to create an online newspaper/magazine that would produce original content. I’ve thought about it as well, but that seems to be an enormous task, and I’m not sure that we’ll ever have the resources to do that. I think it would probably take a long time to create some solid content, attract the public and make money out of it. I’m still very open to the idea, but I would have to be convinced.

Whatever I’ll end up doing, I can’t do it alone. These projects have to be built through collaboration. This is a crazy time for journalism and everything still has to be (re)invented: business models, reporting methods, storytelling, etc. I can think about it as much as I want (and I do, night and day,) but this is just too big for me to be able to think about everthing it involves. I need your help to share ideas, talk about journalism and maybe create something together!

So, if you’re interested in talking about it, or if you know someone who would be, let me know.

Thanks!
Flavie

Here are some examples of things that are being done right now:

Mediastorm

i c u web series

Silent Shame

Video haiku: the campaign in moments

New York Fashion week

Waiting for death

Photographers Journal: James Hill in New York

This one is very cute: