Interactive Narratives

In 1957, UC Berkeley student Burton Abbott was tried, convicted and executed for the kidnapping and killing of a 14-year-old girl. The case was based on purely circumstantial evidence, and a created a media frenzy in its day. This tool allows users to look at the news articles leading up to the execution, and vote on whether they thought Abbott was guilty of his crime. ( This project was done entirely in HTML5, no Flash used. ) More…

California is going through the fragile process of desegregating the housing quarters of all of its prisons. In February 2010, Folsom State Prison became the fourth prison in the system to integrate its housing program. This map shows some of the politics that go into a typical prison yard at Folsom, and why many inmates are not happy about the integration policies. More…

News21 reporter Anna York traveled to Newtok, Alaska, to see how the rising sea threatens an American culture. Accompanied by photographer Phil Daquila, her story explores villagers losing their way of life -- and their land. The project received an NPPA monthly award and has been featured on 32 Gannett Web sites, on their climate change special reports. This project is supported by the Carnegie Corp. and Knight Foundation. More…

Energy makes America go. But the way we get it is more complex and vulnerable than most of us realize. The truth about energy is that change won't come easily. Here, you can explore America’s energy stories, meet the people behind the debate and join the conversation about our future. This project was UNC-Chapel Hill's contribution to News21, a Carnegie and Knight initiative developed to foster innovation in journalism. More…

Hurricane Ike tore through Texas, leaving destruction behind. Take a look at some of the damaged areas. More…

Interactive graphics on the Upper East Side accident that killed two people and severely damaged several high-rise apartments. More…

In his first race of the 2008 Olympics, Michael Phelps captured the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley and set a new world record in the process. With seven races coming up this week, he hopes to top Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals in a single Games. More…

They were stuck in Minneapolis traffic on their way home from work. They were going to spend time with in-laws, work out, pick up a child from the sitter, deliver a truck load of bread. Then the 35W bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River. At that moment, the lives of nearly 200 people were suddenly and irrevocably linked. Each number represents someone on the bridge that evening. Click to read their stories, hear their voices and see the faces of survivors and those who died as the bridge collapsed. More…

Saturday night, July 21, and it's been slow in South Los Angeles, scary slow. Two Los Angeles police officers stop a pair of young gang members for jaywalking, a good excuse to ask some questions. Video and audio on the streets of South L.A. with the LAPD, narrated by The Times' Rick Loomis and Hector Becerra More…

An eyewitness account from John Moore, a photographer from Getty Images, who was at the scene of the blast during the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. More…