1. Brian Storm has suggested that the role of the photojournalist has changed because they are now responsible for audio as well as visuals, as a baseline requirement for their reporting. Because of that, he said that photojournalists now have to ditch the "fly on the wall" tactic and instead have an increased presence with their sources. Do you think this changing role of photojournalists is true? Why or why not?
2. Do you think there are elements of a story that make for a better stand-alone audio story, vs. an audio and visual story, or a video story? What are the elements of a story that make it better suited to a specific multimedia format?
3. You mentioned in your 2007 article, Crossing Media: from Public Radio to NYTimes.com, "with emerging jobs like multimedia, it pays to be thinking ahead of the organization that might need your talents." What do you see for the future of multimedia at the New York Times? Is there a certain direction multimedia is moving towards -- for example, favoring audio over visuals, or video over everything?
2. Do you think there are elements of a story that make for a better stand-alone audio story, vs. an audio and visual story, or a video story? What are the elements of a story that make it better suited to a specific multimedia format?
3. You mentioned in your 2007 article, Crossing Media: from Public Radio to NYTimes.com, "with emerging jobs like multimedia, it pays to be thinking ahead of the organization that might need your talents." What do you see for the future of multimedia at the New York Times? Is there a certain direction multimedia is moving towards -- for example, favoring audio over visuals, or video over everything?
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