Multimedia narrative from the AP

By Joshua Benton @jbenton June 8, 2009, 11:34 a.m.

Our siblings at the Nieman Narrative Digest have a collection of pieces up on a terrific multimedia package called Killer Blue: Baptized by Fire by the Associated Press. They’ve got an interview with producer Evan Vucci and Connie Hale’s thoughts on how it works as narrative.

Joshua Benton is the senior writer and former director of Nieman Lab. You can reach him via email (joshua_benton@harvard.edu) or Twitter DM (@jbenton).

POSTED June 8, 2009, 11:34 a.m.

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