Empowering women
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman,” Virginia Woolf Can stories change the world for the better? At Storyplanet we actually believe that the power of digital media can drive change, and...
View ArticleQ&A with D J Clark about the production of Sangharsa
Q. Your story is a collection of nine women each with a different story to tell. One of them was a bonded labourer, the others cover issues of disability, untouchability, environmental disaster,...
View ArticleBig River Rising
Big River Rising is an interactive documentary about a poor community in the Philippines who are embracing scientific solutions to fight frequent flooding. It was produced by Matthew Gonzalez Noda and...
View ArticleDon’t build a site, build a story
Think about what you remember. Most of us rarely remember facts and information. The stuff that sticks in our minds are the personal narratives that reaches our hearts and puzzles us. So why are we...
View ArticleMaking the connection
On Sunday I went to church. To me going to church is something that only happens at Christmas or when friends get married or babies (preferably my friend’s) get baptized. Well, there I was with a...
View ArticleAt least change your mind, media!
In 1999 I wrote an article about how the media feared the Internet. The angle was that they didn’t have a clue about how to approach the Internet and its possibilities. Not only because of the money...
View ArticleWhy a lolcat is better than nothing – but still not good enough
Today, as any other day, I was going through my Twitter feed. As usual it was full of stories on anything from politics through tech news to personal outbursts. As I was scrolling through tweets like...
View ArticleInteractivity makes storytelling natural – again
One of my favorite activities is sitting around a campfire with a couple of friends. Preferably in the midst of mother nature’s beauty after sunset on a bright Scandinavian summer night. Everything...
View ArticleHow 3D printing is changing storytelling
One of the most talked about trends in tech is 3D printing, and I think for good reason. While 3D printers like the Makerbot is still early stage, they are getting more advanced by the minute, and they...
View ArticleWhat media can learn from startups
I’ve worked on a number of different online projects with big media outlets around the world over the years, and when I analyze the ones that failed I find one common trait: We wanted to create a...
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