Chapter 6

Ritchen talks about his project working at the Times to create a future multimedia newspaper. It's curious to consider that only a few years ago this concept was such a huge leap in journalism. Their vision was, "for things to be seen or heard when it was important, not just because it could be done". Each persons own interest and desire would create a specific pathway to allow for further exploration. This potentially could be dangerous because it takes power away from the photographer and the true meanings of the images. "How can the author maintain a voice or vision when the reader is filling in so many of the gaps, adding materials, making connections that the author may never have envisioned or known about". The ease of linking photos, texts, sound, and videos can therefore be used carefully to provide a great source of information for those who can correctly use and sort through the huge amount of information provided to them. At the same time it allows for a lot of personal interpretation which can lead to completely unintentional results.