Multimedia Reporting: How Digital Tools Can Improve Journalism Storytelling

Abstract

As the twenty-first century dawned, the iPad did not exist. Smartphones were the stuff of science fiction. Viral videos were related to the study of disease. Social media was a concept foreign to the masses and known only to a few technological geeks. There was no Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, no WeChat, no SnapChat, and no YouTube. Today, these ubiquitous tools of modern technology have revolutionized the way all of us get information and communicate with our fellow citizens, both personally and professionally. In …