ENG 646 Multimedia Storytelling (4305) (3 credits)

The objective of this course is to widen our conceptions of storytelling to include sounds and images as well as words and broaden our understanding of how stories strengthen community. We will produce a variety of non-fiction stories, including an audio piece that would suitable for a public radio program such as "This American Life" and a video piece aimed at a public television audience. These stories could be personal essays or documentary journalism. We will spend part of the class learning to use digital storytelling tools that the university will supply, but most of the course will be spent finding, making and critically evaluating stories. These stories will come from American Radioworks, The Moth, The BBC and other sources from around the world. wide range of considerations relative to the work of the writer presenting work through the World Wide Web.