Interactive Narratives

On July 16, 1969, three astronauts embarked on a mission to reach the moon. Four days later, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on an extraterrestrial body. John Noble Wilford, who covered the Apollo 11 mission for The New York Times, narrates a look back at the historic journey. More…

Sexual violence is a devastating weapon in the war-torn North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese army and rebel groups systematically use brutal gang rape against their enemies, causing crippling injuries and spreading HIV. Aid groups estimate one in three women in North Kivu have been raped. A child soldier tells why he participated in the gang rapes, and victims of sexual violence talk about their ordeals. More…

Patrick Zachmann documented the Beijing spring from the inside as a Magnum photographer. He brings us back the intimacy of the events leading us to the question: what's on the mind of chinese youngsters in 1989 and 2009? More…

In the midst of a broad-based economic crisis affecting nearly all sectors of the economy, University of Minnesota student McKenna Ewen went beyond the numbers to show how the recession has shaped his home state of Minnesota. More…

Un especial multimedia para entender el conflicto que sacude a México y que ya dejó más de 8.000 muertos.Ver más especiales More…

In English, "Chronicle of an Environmental Disaster".

This is an extensive account on an environmental accident that happened recently in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In November, 2008, a chemical company, Servatis, released aproximately 8,000 liters of endosulfan into Paraiba do Sul river, Rio de Janeiro's main source of water, killing tons of fishes.

This is a whole multimedia website dedicated to the story, based on Wordpress and other tools available online for free, with videos, photos, audio and a map of the disaster.

In Portuguese. Watch an English subtitled version of the main video piece on Current (click here).

Our First Loves is a multimedia storytelling experiment. Produced by a group of student journalists in an interactive design class at the Medill School of Journalism, it is based on the idea that journalism on the Internet should be about connectivity. Not just hyperlinks or social networking, but connectivity in the sense that it has the unique ability to bring even perfect strangers together and show us what we have in common. New media journalism can be the ultimate equalizer, a proof of a human condition. More…

The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation. More…

For Barbie's birthday, we celebrate her sense of fashion and iconic style while checking out other celebrities who are turning 50. More…

A recent video on the wrestlers at the Monster Factory in Bellmawr, New Jersey. bringing wrestling back to its glory days. Back to a time when fans were able to see grown men throw hands in a good solid fight. Back to a time without theatrics, lights, pyrotechnics or entrance music, back to the good o’ days. More…