This week I have been experimenting with an assortment of online tools which are available to me to help tell my online story. Automatically I was inclined to use Shorthand because I was familiar with the program and it allowed me to use all the online/interactive elements I wanted to be able to use. Other programs I could have used include Storify, Blindspot and Pageflow (which are also equally as great and also ran away with my heart so check them out to!)
Heres why I chose shorthand:
1. Shorthand allows you to easily edit and format fully responsive multimedia within a web browser without having to code or use HTML. For me this is perfect because I have very limited skills in those areas.
2. Shorthand also lets you structure and reorder sections of your story in a simple drag-and-drop interface - so its super easy to use once you've established an account.
3. Once published your article is east to share across all social media platforms!
4. The high quality use of graphics in a scrolling format is important in my story because its an extremely visual one! As the reader is scrolling and reading they are presented with the corresponding visual. Also, I can embed other sorts of multi-media such a video - which I need to tell another section of my story.
5. Its free! (Well the version I'm using is!)
6.Major news organisations like the ABC, SBS and the NYT are utilizing this very same program! And that's awesome knowing im using the same story telling tools as the professionals! If its good enough for them its damn well good enough for me!
Check out a previous shorthand article here:
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