About
Stop! If you’re on this page to read about who we are, then it’s worth reading … well, the entire site. Specifically The Plan, The Result, and the In Depth Pages.
The Vancouver Project is a plan for a multimedia production with a ‘behind the scenes’ and real-time web approach. The final product will be a single multimedia production that covers the Vancouver Olympics from unique perspectives. It will be constructed from individual stories, broken into chapters which share unique, untold and behind the scenes perspectives on the games.
Chapters are built around the different perspectives of people involved with the Olympics: athletes, press members, employees, local citizens and general audience members as they experience the Olympics. This differs from the standard TV presentation, which simply gives the viewer the perspective of the general audience.
The entire production process will be blogged and tweeted so that the audience can both witness and participate in the construction of the piece. We believe this will be a first – pulling ideas from numerous websites and building off multimedia platforms established by other multimedia groups.
The team would be made up of approximately 15 multimedia journalists with a special focus on photojournalism and ‘new media.’ As ‘new media’ savvy individuals, (ie: blog, twitter active), it’s their passion for the project that will carry it through.
This project is currently a proposal and we’re looking for media businesses to partner with. With an estimated budget requirement of $400,000, the content, production, budget and final product are all available to be changed, manipulated and adapted as necessary. Furthermore, monetization plans can be built around sponsors, advertisements, premium content purchases, grants, partnerships, and donations.
We are…
Andrew Burton
Andrew Burton is a photojournalist and multimedia producer with a passion for in-depth, long-term journalism. He has worked and lived internationally, covering topics ranging from immigration in the United States to the 2008 Olympics. Previously, Burton attended Oregon State University where he worked as the photo editor at the student paper, The Daily Barometer. He has interned at Bloomberg News’ photo desk and been an assistant to Vincent Laforet. His work has been recognized by CPOY (2008, 1st Place Sports Portfolio, 1st Place Sports Single) the Hearst Foundation (2008, 4th Place, Multimedia) and the Oregon Newspaper Publisher’s Association (Numerous). Currently, Burton is a rising senior at Syracuse University, where he is a Carnegie Knight Fellow on the News21 fellowship.
AndrewBurtonPhoto.com | @HABurton
Joey Baker
Joey Baker is ‘new media’ advocate. He currently serves as the Business Director for CoPress a non-profit group dedicated to expanding the use of the web in college newsrooms. He also serves as the communications intern for NewsTrust, a non-profit centered around evaluating journalism and promoting media literacy. A self proclaimed geek, Baker grew up on the web and first began working in the dotcom industry by designing user experience and user interface customization for a small web design firm.
Joey is an avid consumer and debater in the new media revolution. His acclaimed and convincing blog posts and tweets have been recognized by many. He is equally interested in the creation of good content as he is with sustainable web-business models which will restore the journalism industry.
byjoeybaker.com | @joeybaker
Contact
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