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Resources

A compilation of sites, presentations, interviews, webinars, tutorials and more that will help you learn new technical skills, inspire you to do great storytelling and remind you why you love journalism. Know of something you think should be on this list? Submit it to this site or email us at mipaupstart@gmail.com and we’ll add it to the list.

Inspiration

Interactive Narratives – a curated look at the best multimedia journalism happening around the world, constantly updated with new examples.

MediaStorm – Originally founded in 1994 at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, MediaStorm relaunched in 2005 with a focus on creating cinematic narratives for distribution across a variety of platforms. It’s digital storytelling that will knock your socks off.

How-to

How-to guides and tips on everything from shooting video for the web to the craft of storytelling.

‘This American Life’ host Ira Glass on Storytelling

Series of YouTube videos from a Current TV interview

The Manifesto – from an interview with Transom

Presentations by journalism educator Mindy McAdams

Blogging and Journalism

A New Curriculum for New Journalism

Creating Audio Slideshows

Tools Training for Online Journalists

No Fear Guide to Multimedia

The Radical Write by Bobby Hawthorne

Other good reads

We’ve compiled a list on Amazon of books on journalism and books by journalists that we love. Check it out and see if there’s one you’d like to add to your library.

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July 24, 2025 By Ashe Watson

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Work From Across MIPA

Why The Curtains Are Blue: The Importance of Reading On Our Empathy

By Christina Karcher | Sophomore | Grosse Pointe South High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] Ever since I knew how to string letters into words, and those words into sentences, I have loved to read. I would read for hours at a time, fiction about fairies […]

Careers in crayon

By Baity Wagner | senior | Wylie E. Groves High School [This work comes from the Art of Storytelling class, taught by Julia Satterthwaite.] I soaked in school like a sponge. I loved learning about shapes, addition and how to write a proper sentence. Despite the abundance of lessons that are thrown at you in […]

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