Longform Investigative Narrative; telling stories on different platforms

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The Center for Investigative Reporting is the largest non-profit investigative newsroom in the United States. Over the past five years it has undergone a tremendous shift of focus from being mostly a data-driven daily news website to a focus on multi-platform, long-form storytelling with a weekly, national radio show, Reveal. David Ritsher, will review the lessons learned during CIR’s evolution with particular focus on how their stories evolved during this period. In addition, since long-form requires putting a greater investment into fewer bets, he will discuss story pitch process and production workflow that we have worked out to maximize newsroom input on story selection; take a look at what makes a good long-form story in radio, video, and print; and review the technical approaches that have been successful for us to produce for multiple platforms in parallel.

David Ritsher – Conference 2016

Longform Investigative Narrative; telling stories on different platforms