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The Future Flyped

By Holly Willis
September 29, 2009
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Flyp "is a proof-of-concept experiment in digital storytelling," says Jim Gaines, editor-in-chief of the Web-based publication that is trying to reinvent journalism online. "What we're trying to do is show how all the media that the Web can accommodate can be used at the same time in the service of one story," he continues. "It's about using video, audio and information graphics and Flash animation in service to a storytelling experience that's much like a magazine storytelling experience but uses more than paper, ink and still photographer." The wonderful new project resembles a magazine in gathering timely information and offering it in multiple formats, with short- and long-form reporting. However, the publication is rich with media, incorporating photography, video, sound, graphics and music in a compelling design very attentive to what works - and what doesn't - in an online forum. Thanks to its focus on an emerging form of journalism, Flyp will join nine other projects (including KCET's own Web Stories) this Friday, October 2, 2009, as part of the National Arts Journalism Summit, dedicated to interrogating the future of arts writing. I'll be presenting a new software application called Sophie, and my colleagues Ana Shepherd and Gabe Peters-Lazaro created the 10 videos that will showcase each entry. The event will take place at the Annenberg School at USC, and will stream live starting at 9:00 a.m. Please join us to see the future of journalism!
Image: from "Science Project: Make Up Your Mind," a story in the current issue of Flyp.

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