Comments on: Make me cry. http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/17/make-me-cry/ The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mindy McAdams http://ryansholin.com/2007/11/17/make-me-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-9294 Mindy McAdams Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:35:20 +0000 http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/11/17/make-me-cry/#comment-9294 Yes, yes, YES!!! This is one of the truest things ever written about multimedia journalism. Too many people think Flash is something they need to know, but they don't even know how to marry images and sound yet. Flash does not provide a good path to proficient online journalism. Soundslides is a very good start on that path. The stupidest answer in the world to the question "Why do you want to learn Flash?" is: "Because I want to produce audio slideshows." Yes, yes, YES!!! This is one of the truest things ever written about multimedia journalism.

Too many people think Flash is something they need to know, but they don’t even know how to marry images and sound yet. Flash does not provide a good path to proficient online journalism. Soundslides is a very good start on that path.

The stupidest answer in the world to the question “Why do you want to learn Flash?” is:

“Because I want to produce audio slideshows.”

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