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The current issue of American Journalism Review has an article titled “Charticle Fever,” which examines a type of storytelling gaining prominence in newspapers. A charticle mixes text, photos and graphics to tell a story. It is visual and allows a reader to drop in and take only the information that he or she may be interested in. According to the article, some editors and reporters aren’t crazy about this type of storytelling because they see it as undermining traditional, narrative-style reporting.
 Without commenting on the pros or cons of charticles, it strikes me that the fact that these types of stories are becoming more prominent in print could be a reflection of how stories are told online. Web versions of stories also meld text with photos and other media such as video, audio, flash files and interactive features. Maybe what’s happening online is influencing what’s happening in print.  
I’ll include here a couple of examples of Web journalism that are taking this melding of different media to new places.  The first is Flyp Media, an online-only magazine, and the washingtonpost.com’s Video Haiku, which brings together text, photos and video in a linear format.   

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