I was surprised at how popular last year’s Top 50 list was, so I decided to revisit it again this year for a new list of the best multimedia packages that I have come across in 2010. Of course everyone’s list might be a bit different, but this is my best effort at aggregating the top stories that have inspired me throughout the year. I will refrain from ordering them, so for no other reason they are alphabetized. I hope you can take some time over the holidays to be inspired from the plethora of work seen here!
My major realization when putting this list together is that the majority is passive multimedia – where did all of the games, interactive graphics and data visualizations go? I wonder if all of the budget cuts this past year reduced the number of extensive interactive packages. Alas, I hope the interactives make a comeback in 2011!
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Great list! Would be really interesting to know how much was spent developing these top 50, and sorting them into categories like: MSM/legacy media, public media, college media, hyperlocal community sites, non-profit organizations. Glad to see Prison Valley and Out My Window on the list.
http://www.tracynboyer.com Tracy Boyer
Hi Julie! Thanks for your comment. I spend all year browsing Twitter, contest winner lists, del.icio.us links, blogs, etc for sites that inspire me. At the end of each year, I aggregate all of the sites that I blogged about throughout the year with others that I have found through my various networks. Many come from MultimediaShooter and MediaStorm’s “stories you must see” lists, as well as projects listed on InteractiveNarratives. I spent two weeks on and off finalizing this list in addition to the time spent over the year keeping up with sites. That doesn’t mean that this list is all inclusive – of course it is biased depending on my networks. I wish I had come across more multimedia from Asia and South America, for example. But, there’s always room to improve for next year! I will also seriously consider sorting them in the future, as that will help readers who are only focused in one area to concentrate on those that are applicable to their interests. Thanks again!
Wondering about the definition of multimedia here. Some stuff reads like a 30 minute documentary and if that’s the case then why not make places for Gasland and Restrepo. Some stuff seems like it’s fiction – then why not make a place for much more ambitious short, fiction films. Most of it is video, which makes me a little sad that multimedia has really ended up being mostly video journalism – thank God for students and the NYT graphics department still pushing it.
Don’t get me wrong, I love video/photojournalism and I love all of these pieces…tweeted most of them throughout the year…I’m just wondering what the word means anymore.
Chris
@multimedialinks
http://www.tracynboyer.com Tracy Boyer
Hi Chris,
Thanks so much for your message. I also noticed a big lack of interactive multimedia this year (which obviously is my preferred format) – but it’s also been noted by Nielsen and others that video seems to be the trend lately so I’m not sure if this will also be the case in 2011.
That being said, you bring up a great point about the variety of multimedia listed here. In my thesis analyzing various definitions of the term, I found that Brunye, Taylor, Rapp, and Spiro (2007) determined the most accurate definition as any presentation that utilizes multiple formats in either one or multiple sensory modalities (visual, auditory, etc). That being said, the definition is extremely generic and leaves a lot of room for a variety of projects.
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