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Storymaker Terms¶

You keep all ownership rights to your content, you can pull it down whenever you wish, and we will not sell any of your data. By agreeing to share your content with https://storymaker.cc you permit Small World News and partners to place your stories with similar stories created with StoryMaker. We group them based on story types, topics, and locations.

Your story is still posted on the sharing site of your choice, but it is referenced on https://storymaker.cc as well. Title, story decription, and tags will be posted to https://storymaker.cc all other content will be references to your personal feed at your sharing site.

TUTORIAL TEXT¶

I'm not sure how much has been communicated to you about this Nathan, but Carrie explained to us a process that she's been talking to Josh about for the tutorial to live on the homepage of the app on first load as a swipable mini lesson. I have no idea where Josh is at in this process, but I wanted to include it in case he's got this built.

Learn storytelling.
Learn to be a journalist while staying safe, and producing great audio, photo, and video stories.

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Be accurate.
Developed in partnership with ICFJ, you can be sure our journalism lessons will teach you to be a better reporter.

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Protect yourself.
Our digital safety lessons will help you and your sources stay safe. StoryMaker aims to keep you safe no matter where your story takes you.

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Tell your story better.
Stories are best suited to different mediums, whether audio, photo or video. Learn how each medium is different.

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Test Yourself.
Each lesson concludes with a quiz to test your understanding.

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Continue Learning.
Share your stories with the http://storymaker.cc/ community, and learn to be a better storymaker with each story you share.

PROJECT TEXT¶

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Medium Text¶

The icon description text is only there for your reference Nathan, please leave out of the app.

Audio Icon
Record the sounds that tell your story, who, what. If you cannot get strong visuals, audio is a great alternative.

Camera Icon
A picture is worth a thousand words. Show us who or what is important in your story, or how it happens.

Camera + Audio Icon
Sometimes several photos are needed. Show us how the story happens, tell a story in a series of related images.

Video Icon
Capture compelling images and actions as they happen. Show us who or what is important and why.

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The wireframe 11 is outdated from Carrie's designs. Not sure where Josh is at with implementing her new design that incorporates a description for each of the story types.

If that is not ready, then we can work on that later. Eitherway, this is the text for it.

Story Type

EVENT
ISSUE
PROFILE
BREAKING NEWS

Note: Vox Pop is sidelined for now.

Descriptions

Event
Event stories have an established timeframe and a set place. Focus on what happens at the event. Organize your story around when the event happens, where, and why it happens at this time and place.

Issue
Issue stories examine a broad subject. Focus on how the issue affects a community or group of people. Organize your story around who it impacts and what is being done in response.

Profile
Profil?e a specific character. Focus on who the character is. Organize your story around the characters daily life, what happens, and how the character deals with challenges.

Breaking News
Breaking news is immediate. Focus on one angle. Organize your story around factoids, who, what, where, when. User narration to add context.

Choose a Level

Event

BASIC
Scene 1: When?
Scene 2: What?
Scene 3: Why?

ADVANCED
Scene 1: When?
Scene 2: How?
Scene 3: What?
Scene 4: Where?
Scene 5: Why?

Issue

BASIC
Scene 1: How?
Scene 2: Who?
Scene 3: What?

ADANCED
Scene 1: How?
Scene 2: When/Where?
Scene 3: Who?
Scene 4: Why?
Scene 5: What?

Profile

BASIC
Scene 1: Who?
Scene 2: What?
Scene 3: How?

ADVANCED
Scene 1: Who?
Scene 2: Where?
Scene 3: What?
Scene 4: Why?
Scene 5: How?

Breaking News

BASIC
Scene 1: What?
Scene 2: Who?
Scene 3: How?

ADVANCED
Scene 1: What?
Scene 2: Where?
Scene 3: Who?
Scene 4: Why?
Scene 5: How?

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We've gone ahead and limited the amount of text on the previous page's scene descriptions, but want to keep the full descriptions available after a story template has been selected. Each story though has slightly different text based on the approach. Here are the options.

EVENT
BASIC
SCENE 1:
When does the event happen?
SCENE 2:
What is the event's purpose?
SCENE 3:
Why is the event important?

ADVANCED
SCENE 1:
When does the event happen?
SCENE 2:
How is the event organized?
SCENE 3:
What is the event's purpose?
SCENE 4:
Where does the event happen?
SCENE 5:
Why is the event important?

ISSUE

BASIC
SCENE 1:
How does the issue impact the community?
SCENE 2:
Who is most impacted?
SCENE 3:
What is being done in response?

ADVANCED
SCENE 1:
How does the issue impact the community?
SCENE 2:
When / Where did the issue start?
SCENE 3:
Who is most impacted?
SCENE 4:
Why are they most impacted?
SCENE 5:
What is being done in response?

PROFILE
BASIC
SCENE 1:
Who is the character?
SCENE 2:
What is the characters challenge?
SCENE 3:
How does the character deal with the challenge?

ADVANCED
SCENE 1:
Who is the character?
SCENE 2:
Where is the character from?
SCENE 3:
What is the characters challenge?
SCENE 4:
Why is the character struggling with this challenge?
SCENE 5:
How does the character deal with the challenge?

BREAKING NEWS
BASIC
SCENE 1:
What is happening?
SCENE 2:
Who is affected?
SCENE 3:
How is it being responded to?

ADVANCED
SCENE 1:
What is happening?
SCENE 2:
Where is news happening?
SCENE 3:
Who is affected?
SCENE 4:
Why did it happen?
SCENE 5:
How is it being responded to?

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This text goes along with the tutorial text above. If it gets into the app in the next 24-48 hours, amazing. If not, it's not a make or break at this exact minute.

This will function identically to the slider used for the tutorial above.

PRODUCTION OVERVIEW¶

Tell stories better.
A good story has a beginning, middle and end. Interview someone to provide more context to your story. Show us where they live. Keep it personal.

Choose your medium.
Audio, photo, and video suit different storytelling styles. Check out the lessons to learn more. Choose a medium, and learn as you go.

Tell a story in five.
Use five clips to tell your story. Describe the location of your story. Introduce your primary subject. The remaining three tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end.

Break the mold.
Assemble your clips in different orders for the most impact.

Tell longer stories.
Story Templates tell you how.

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STORYMAKER WEBSITE/APP INTRO TEXT¶

StoryMaker
A new story everyday.

StoryMaker enables you to create and share compelling stories with the world. Our innovative approach to creating mobile stories will make your stories better, one scene at a time. Share with https://storymaker.cc/ and get your stories seen all over the world. Each story will help you grow your audience and become more professional!

Developed by Small World News, in collaboration with the Guardian Project, Free Press Unlimited, Radio Free Asia and others, StoryMaker ensures anyone can create compelling stories as they experience them.

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This open source app enables existing and aspiring journalists all over the world to produce and publish professional-grade news with their Android phone, as safely and securely as possible. It provides an interactive training guide, walkthroughs, and templates for users to follow as they plan their piece and capture media. The app then helps assemble the content into a finished format, with cuts and basic graphics.