Adobe Audition, SoundSlides, iMovie, Avid, Quicktime, Word, Excel, iPhoto, and Garageband were all involved in the making of my project. Some experiences were better than others, and several times I was ready to throw everything out of a window.
I am pleased with my interactive map of California to go with my story on union wars. It’s an important element in my package that illustrates the scope of the civil war rocking the Service Employees International Union, the largest and fastest growning union in North America. Unions are a foreign subject for many readers, so I was relieved when a colleague suggested I check out Dipity.com, which lets users create an interactive timeline. This timelime, coupled with the map, brings new depth to my text and audio stories. I can bring readers deeper into context in a way that’s educational, insightful and, dare I say… fun.