We all know the arts have healing powers. On June 12, Courant Reporter Jenna Carlesso’s interesting article that appeared on A1 about a mural artist in Hartford who hopes her art will deter crime was nicely transformed into a cross media story. Courant photographer Bettina Hansen edited her video and stills into an engaging natural sound package that ran June 11 on the News at Ten. This was a very successful experiment that not only made print material work on TV, but also showed how broadcast content can be distinctively produced as an original and compelling story.
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Zip Tour Goes Cross Platform…
The Daytrippers segments seem to be a natural fit for the newspaper’s Living section and are turning into great cross media stories. A Daytrippers package shot for TV by FOX CT’s Jim Altman and Mike Piskorski about the Zip Line At Empower Leadership Sports and Adventure Center in Middletown was reworked into a print and stills package that ran June 12 on the Courant’s Living cover. Piskorski and The Courant’s John Woike worked closely together to select frames that helped tell the story in print about this unique tree-top course.
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Altimari Investigation On Bus Crash Continues…
Courant Reporter Dave Altimari continued his investigation into the school bus crash that happened earlier this year, killing a local teenager. Altimari broke the story about state police applying for an arrest warrant that charged a 16-year-old from Glastonbury in the accident. The story led the News at Ten on June 10 as an exclusive from Connecticut’s newsroom and then appeared the following morning on the front page of The Courant. It also generated great numbers on courant.com and pointed users to the database on school bus inspection reports. This is a great example of how details uncovered in an investigation play out well on a multiplatform level.
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