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

In fact, the new malleability of the image may eventually lead to a profound undermining of photography's status as an inherently truthful pictorial form... If even a minimal confidence in photography does not survive, it is questionable whether many pictures will have meaning anymore, not only as symbols but as evidence.

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

Many who are making cellphone images are advocates with a stake in the outcome of what they are depicting. In some ways this makes their work more honest and easier to read - they can also manipulate, although the work of professionals can be quite manipulative as well.

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

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