Multiple Media

My favorite presentation of the winners was the New York Times election photograph story about all of the presedential elections.

For one thing, this was a presentation that did not take itself too seriously. Yes, there were the serious shots that evoked great emotion, such as the one after September 11th, or the one and only Bob Dole reduced to tears as George Bush Sr. praised him, however there was also the light heartedness of the humorous shots that could only induce laughter, such as the picture of a halo-ed Joseph Lieberman of George W. and Jesus.

Not only that, but the audio commentary proved a great complement to the pictures, with the photographer Stephen Crowley adding excellent insight to everything. A lot of times it was really interesting to see his view on a photo that you could have seen completely differently.

On the whole, this is the type of convergence journalism that I hope I can come out of this class able to do, albeit not quite at this level yet. It is inspiring, and something that I can truly dream to achieve.