Multimedia is not more media, but the employment of various kinds of media (and hybrid media) for what they each offer to advance the narrative.

Word, image, and sound all must have primacy in the development of the narrative.

There are very few instances where writers have also been effective image makers - different skill sets are required.

I hope that many visual journalists will be hired or funded along the way as well - we urgently need their perspectives.

The slideshow "is a very primitive form that quickly becomes predictable and repetitive."

Multimedia is not more media, but the employment of various kinds of media (and hybrid media) for what they each offer to advance the narrative.

There is enormous need for professionals who know how to tell stories with narrative punch and nuance, who can work proactively and not just reactively, and whose approach is multi-faceted. We need more "useful photographers."