Gabriel Dance and Multimedia Journalism

Gabriel Dance understands multimedia journalism and the power behind it. Dance told students the value of interactive Web sites and pairing them with real, written journalism. He also told students that they have to be completely dedicated, committed and interested in multimedia journalism, otherwise they are not going to produce good and innovative work.

My favorite part of multimedia journalism and interactive Web sites is the user generated content. I love the feeling of being a part of something and contributing to journalism, especially for a publication like the New York Times. Dance showed very good examples of projects he has worked on using user generated content.

“You can tell a story through user generated content,” Dance said.

Two questions I would ask Gabriel Dance:

1. What do you think is the number one thing some interactive Web sites do wrong?

2. What are some things that you have tried on your sites that maybe worked for other organizations, but not the New York Times?