According
to Convergent Journalism authors Stephen Quinn and Vincent Filak, there are
five types of media convergence: ownership, tactical, structural, information-gathering,
storytelling and presentation convergence.
An
example of media convergence is through the Philippines’ No. 1 news corporation
ABS-CBN. The company eventually sought ownership of movie production company
Star Cinema, radio station DZMM and print newspaper Manila Times.
Multimedia
journalism involves the many platforms to publish news content. It can also
fall under the subgroup of convergent journalism’s information-gathering category
as company’s prefer reporters to be multi-skilled in publishing content through
different forms of media, ranging from a photo slideshow to video. Multimedia
journalism is more so a supplement or enhancement to preexisting news content.
An
example of multimedia journalism is through Canadian-New York company VICE Mag. It started off as a print magazine, but today with a 900,000
readership circulation, VICE is even more far-reaching on the internet through
video documentaries, music and photo galleries. Most if its writers are responsible for the text and photos of each article.
Both
media convergence and multimedia journalism attempt to kill two birds with one
stone through audience expansion, while maintaining cost reduction.
-Katrina Guevara
Your first example illustrates that convergence is an international trend, not strictly a phenomenon affecting U.S. media. VICE Mag might be a good example because of the online content, but I was looking for an example of a particular story told through various platforms.
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