New Age Journalism

This week's reading was an article on soundslides and an interview with it's creator, Joe Weiss
The first thing that Weiss said was that he feels that 10 slides with audio makes much more of an impact that a minute of video. I think the same thing. I feel like people are used to seeing video, and it just like viewing something right in front of you. A photo selects a certain moment in time that you would not usually notice in real life. Examining a photo for a couple of seconds really lets you look into the moment, the background, what is in focus and subtle postioning and expressions. It is a much more profound process then watching video footage.
Another thing that caught my eye was that audio slide shows has not been used to report hard news. I think that this is because the best slide shows use very good photos, not just ALL the photos taken at, say, one press conference. That would be boring. I think that audio slideshows work very well when it is a feature type of article, something that is more long term than an imediate news story.
The article was very helpful for someone who is going to be using soundslides soon....like me. Personally, I think that multimedia journalism is something I am very interested in. I like the idea of exploring all different types of journalism and combining them. I like to think that I am a creative person and multimedia journalism really lets you be creative and experimental.