Boston University Student Showcase:
Multimedia Journalism

Assignment: Students produced long-form magazine segments using still photographs, audio, video and text. A team of broadcast journalism, photojournalism and print journalism majors learned each others' discipline, breaking down departmental borders and working together to produce individual versions of the stories. See, hear and read selected works from Spring 2007:

Two of Our Best

By Andy Jondahl

A hometown copes with the loss of two promising lives in Iraq. (9:24)

Graffiti Guy

By Matt Craig

Public art becomes private redemption for man with "300 walls under his belt." (6:53)

Faces of Autism

By Ryan McLaughlin

Inside the isolation of autistics, both young and old. (7:33)

War Games - ROTC

By Phil Mattingly

Soldiers of tomorrow and college students of today learning the craft of warfare. (9:33)

Behind Burlesque

By Heidi Heimsal

The revealing world of the burlesque dancer, complete with campy performances and plenty of attitude. (6:20)

These stories represent the final projects of a journalism class at Boston University taught by multimedia professor Bill Lord, photojournalism professor Peter Southwick and broadcast journalism professor Susan Walker. Brian Storm of Mediastorm Studios, NYC was the guest lecturer. His work can be seen at www.mediastorm.org