Terrorism convergence project
PBS' "FRONTLINE," the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The New York Times and a U.C. Berkeley journalism class recently produced an extensive cross-platform investigation into "the threat radical jihadists pose to Western Europe and its allies -- including the United States."
The "FRONTLINE" Web site includes a teacher's guide, and interactive map transcripts of the interviews, including parts that weren't aired.
"This is one in a series of award-winning "FRONTLINE" documentaries that have been the product of cooperation between print, online and television journalists," says Poynter's Al Tompkins. "It is a prime example of what many who touted 'convergence journalism' hoped might happen -- journalism that leverages the strengths of each media to tell a more complete story than any one media could tell on its own.
Investigative reporter and Adjunct Professor Lowell Bergman, who helped write and report the project, told Tompkins that "Trying to coordinate daily coverage with a large ongoing project that crosses into different beats, geographic areas and sources has its tricky moments."
But Bergman says it's worth it:
From decades of doing investigative stories for "60 Minutes" and ABC, I know that you develop all kinds of information you cannot get on the air. For example, the outtake transcripts of interviews are rarely made available to those who are curious, even today with the networks having their own Web sites.We do that regularly with "FRONTLINE." You can tell a subject that not just a sound bite will be available but a nearly complete transcript edited for coherence. Their remarks can be assessed in context. And, of course, all the research that goes into a documentary can help inform the print side bringing volumes of material to the print reporter as well as the reader.
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