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Paul Kamuf created a hybrid movie/app that can only be viewed...

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:29:49 -0400

Paul Kamuf created a hybrid movie/app that can only be viewed across two separate tablet screens.

In Haiti, Vlad Sokhin photographs those who are invisible in...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:46:23 -0400

In Haiti, Vlad Sokhin photographs those who are invisible in their own society.

An interview with a moon rock investigator. Read The Case of the...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:00 -0400

An interview with a moon rock investigator.

Read The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks.

symboliamag: Sarah Drake has an extensive and very smart...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:57:13 -0400

symboliamag:

Sarah Drake has an extensive and very smart interview with Sarah Glidden up at Bad at Sports. It’s a really savvy conversation about comics, journalism, and being an artist.

Drake has created tremendous comics from Cambodia, and Glidden, a contributor to Symbolia, is working on a new book about journalism and the Middle East (check out the sneak peek above!). Their chat is totally worth a read.

Simon Lewis is featured in LA Weekly’s People 2013...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:25:19 -0400

Simon Lewis is featured in LA Weekly’s People 2013 issue.

Read Chris Colin’s profile of the filmmaker.

instagram: Photojournalists from around the globe have begun...

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:05:00 -0400

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instagram.com/p/XsMVZ4wFhy/#yamashitaphoto

instagram.com/p/Y_wsyErw7i/#ivankphoto

instagram.com/p/X0XR_mFPf6/#michaelchristopherbrown

instagram.com/p/Y6Z8dWFaa4/#kevinfrayer

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Photojournalists from around the globe have begun using Instagram as an important part of their storytelling, using the intimacy and immediacy of mobile photography to open up new avenues of engagement with their audiences.
From Hurricane Sandy’s destruction to baseball’s opening season, photojournalists are capturing and sharing the world’s stories with people in real time through Instagram.

To tune into the news as it unfolds, be sure to follow these photojournalists:

Michael Christopher Brown, documents life in Congolese refugee camps — @michaelchristopherbrown

Ben Lowy, a conflict and feature photographer based in New York City — @benlowy

Phil Moore, a British photojournalist based in East Africa — @philmoorephoto

Kevin Frayer, the chief photographer for the Associated Press in South Asia — @kevinfrayer

Ivan Kashinsky, a freelance photographer based in Quito, Ecuador — @ivankphoto

Michael Yamashita, a documentary photographer for National Geographic specializing in Asia — @yamashitaphoto

litvideos: Ernest Hemingway goes on Cuban TV in 1954 to discuss...

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:13:37 -0400

litvideos:

Ernest Hemingway goes on Cuban TV in 1954 to discuss winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.

oliviakoski: Today we’re filming a tape recording for one of...

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:26:58 -0400

oliviakoski:

Today we’re filming a tape recording for one of our stories. Digital storytelling can be a bit absurd at times.

Jon Mooallem investigates Hawaii’s mysterious monk-seal...

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:44:16 -0400

Jon Mooallem investigates Hawaii’s mysterious monk-seal murders.

Listen to his Longform Podcast!

Forget e-books, it's all about “Litvideos” and “Text-to-Movies”

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:32:01 -0400

Forget e-books, it's all about “Litvideos” and “Text-to-Movies”:

The Rumpus interviews Miracle Jones about his unconventional approach to literature in the digital era.

oliviakoski: Every story we publish at The Atavist comes with...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:35:01 -0400

oliviakoski:

Every story we publish at The Atavist comes with an audiobook version, which is convenient when you want to switch between reading and listening. We always try to have the author record the audiobook version of their piece, rather than relying on voice actors. There’s something special about hearing someone speak aloud the words that they have written. Some writers are better at it than others… While Joe Kloc, author and illustrator of “The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks,” has a fantastic voice, his sense of perfectionism made the editing of the audiobook version of his story a bit of a challenge. He stopped frequently to repeat sentences after perceiving a minor aberration in the way he spoke, marking the mistake by saying “Again.” I started collecting these “again” declarations while editing the audiobook, and the result is five solid minutes of Joe Kloc saying “again.” There are also some amusing outtakes that I deemed worthy of including.

Read (or listen to the pristine audiobook version of) The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks by clicking here.

Read an excerpt from The Legends of Last Place on BuzzFeed. The...

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:04:00 -0400

Read an excerpt from The Legends of Last Place on BuzzFeed. The complete season is available here.

If you missed Monday’s New America NYC event about...

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:04:27 -0400

If you missed Monday’s New America NYC event about covering tragedy, check out the podcast.

Like Stowaway, Dan Archer’s piece for BBC Magazine uses...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:44:07 -0400

Like Stowaway, Dan Archer’s piece for BBC Magazine uses comics to tell a human trafficking victim’s story.

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:21:24 -0400

Hi.

symboliamag: THE MATING RITUAL IS HERE. And we are so...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:07:45 -0400

symboliamag:

THE MATING RITUAL IS HERE.

And we are so pumped. Get it: iPad or PDF.

In this issue, you’ll find stories about making open relationships work, the logistics of loving a sexbot, and more. Pretty cool, right? The Mating Ritual is included with the cost of subscription and is also available for $2.99 as a single issue purchase.

Get on our iPads. Now.

An interactive visualization of every known drone strike and...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:45:49 -0400

An interactive visualization of every known drone strike and victim in Pakistan.

Happy Birthday, John Burroughs! A pioneer of the American nature...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:10:00 -0400

Happy Birthday, John Burroughs! A pioneer of the American nature essay, a genre unto itself. And the man who said,

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”

We agree, John. We agree.

In I Am J, Cris Beam imagines the tumultuous life of a...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:27:29 -0400

In I Am J, Cris Beam imagines the tumultuous life of a transgendered youth. Although it’s a work of fiction, she explains in The Guardian that it was personal experience, not politics, that motivated her to write it.

“I think a lot of authors feel like this – drawn to write out of both love and a need to resolve something confusing, painful or just out of reach.”

Cris Beam wrote Mother, Stranger, a memoir about her own troubled childhood, for The Atavist last year.

“I do fully believe that reportage about tragedy can help...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:02:41 -0400

“I do fully believe that reportage about tragedy can help us better understand the world around us.”

Matthew Shaer on interviewing Bounty survivors, in the Awl.