Less is More

While I have been very supportive of multimedia journalism, I do see a potential downside to it. The article about the Mojave Desert was a short article accompanied with a video.

The video, while informative, was reminiscent of an educational documentary that a student is forced to watch in high school. While some people may find this to be enjoyable and interesting others will also find it boring.

I felt that the short article provided enough information and was not highly motivated to watch the full length of the video.

While I do believe that multimedia is a great tool for helping to tell a story, I think that a large aspect of the effectiveness of multimedia is knowing which stories it will help and which stories it will hurt.

Sometimes, less is more.