William Uricchio interviewed by Henry Jenkins;

Documentary’s relative freedom from institutional constraint has enabled its makers to experiment in ways that are difficult for traditional journalists. Moreover, as journalism becomes more of a curator of information and shaper of conversations, documentary’s demonstrated ability to contextualize and explain through well-chosen instances has proven newly relevant. The interactive documentaries produced to date offer a compendium of approaches, interfaces, user experiences, tools and even strategies for working with crowd-sourced and co-created content all of which journalists can assess, draw from and transform.

So I guess I would say that by finding themselves in the same boat, both journalists and documentarians have discovered commonalities of purpose and technique. Interactive documentary is fast developing a repertoire of techniques that work well in today’s ‘digital first’ and increasingly participatory environment and digital journalism still commands considerable reputation and audience reach.

Charting Documentary’s Futures: An Interview with MIT’s William Uricchio (Part One)

Charting Documentary’s Futures: An Interview with MIT’s William Uricchio (Part Two)

Charting Documentary’s Futures: An Interview with MIT’s William Uricchio (Part Three)

Charting Documentary’s Futures: An Interview with MIT’s William Uricchio (Part Four)

Updated 16-02-09. Added link to Part Four.

Tags: Documentary, Journalism, Media