A visual telling of immigrants' stories: reporters, photographers and videographers combined their skills to create a multimedia presentation with content unique to the online experience.(Women Crossing Borders)

Nieman Reports, September, 2006 by Owens, John

The "Crossing Borders" project was beset by postponements and obstacles as it made its way from reporter Steve Franklin's initial vision onto the pages of the Chicago Tribune. Less problematic was its multimedia presentation--including a 44-minute documentary, "Women Crossing Borders," and other visual and audio storytelling components--and this offers a good example of how well journalists from different disciplines can work together in creating compelling storytelling across several media platforms.

I wrote and produced "Women Crossing Borders," which was broadcast on CLTV, a 24-hour all-news Chicago station owned by the Tribune Company, in November 2005. (1) With its intensely personal focus, its stories about the plight of female immigrants who now live...

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