Assignment

My story is a commemoration of New Orleans in light of Katrina. This could be an anniversary story or something just to commemorate the city.

An introduction would appear in print on the site. Underneath the introduction there would be options:

1. Read entire story: Story would contain permalinks to link to other stories and/or related studies.

a. Email story: So the story can be shared.

b. Comment on story (this is a blog): Allows a dialogue on the subject.

2. See the slide show: Slide show moves through the time line showing pictures of houses and parts of particular streets over the years and up to the present. Audio interviews of people who lived in the homes or on the featured streets accompany the photos.

a. Save & Send: There would be an option to save and/or send any picture or audio interview in the slide show.

3. Audio: Just the interview portion of the slide-show.

a. Podcast: Available for download to itunes.

4. Time-line: You can click anywhere on the time-line and chose to see pictures from that time, audio interviews from that period or a segment of the slide-show containing both. This allows you to contrast time periods in New Orleans.
5. Map: You can click anywhere on the regional map and see the pictures and audio (or both – a slide-show segment) of that particular area. This allows you to compare regions.
6. Search the Story: The search engine allows you to search the story for a place, name or by keyword. The results would include tagged photos, blog entries, the written story, or the audio. It then gives the reader/listener/viewer the option of seeing specifically what they asked for, or the segment of the slideshow that contains the search terms.
7. Related articles: Would list related articles and links, including Nola.com’s archives of Katrina articles.