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  • POV Hackathon 10: Explore the Prototypes and the Technology
    Four teams 're-invented the documentary' at POV's latest weekend laboratory of nonfiction storytelling and technology at CreatorUp! in Los Angeles.
    POV Staff 10 min read October 6, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • POV Hackathon 9: Explore the Prototypes and the Technology
    Four teams 're-invented the documentary' at POV's latest weekend laboratory of nonfiction storytelling and technology at the Chicago Innovation Exchange in Chicago!
    POV Staff 8 min read August 18, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • Announcing the POV Hackathon 9 Participants' Choice Award Winners…
    In Your Own Words: Understanding The Troubles wins the POV Hackathon 9 Participants' Choice Award -- voted on by all team members at Chicago Innovation Exchange on August 16, 2015. See all the projects and prototypes, coming soon to the POV Blog.
    POV Staff 1 min read August 16, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • The Making of Priya's Shakti
    Jaya Mahajan discusses the making of Priya's Shakti, a multimedia project combating attitudes towards sexual assault, with producer Ram Devineni.
    POV Guest Blogger 8 min read January 22, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • Dispatches from IDFA: A Conversation with DocLab Architect Caspar Sonnen
    Kel O'Neill (of Jongsma + O'Neill) sits down with IDFA DocLab creator Caspar Sonnen to discuss DocLab, digital storytelling, and the 'medium' of interactive documentaries — if it can be defined as a 'medium' at all.
    Kel O'Neill 11 min read November 20, 2014 Documentary News Comments
  • POV Hackathon 7: Explore the Prototypes and the Technology
    Five teams "re-invented the documentary" at POV's latest weekend laboratory of nonfiction storytelling and technology.
    POV Staff 13 min read November 11, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • POV Hackathon 6: Explore the Prototypes and the Technology
    Five teams "re-invented the documentary" at POV's latest weekend laboratory of nonfiction storytelling and technology.
    POV Staff 18 min read May 19, 2014 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Tribeca Storyscapes Is A Must-Experience Exhibition
    Liz Nord previews the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival's Storyscapes exhibit, which highlights interactive storytelling April 18-21, 2013, in New York City.
    Liz Nord 3 min read April 18, 2013 Documentary News Comments
  • StoryCorps, NPR and POV Among Honorees at the 2013 duPont-Columbia Awards
    Last night, StoryCorps, NPR and POV were among 14 honorees at the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards. The jury honored the three organizations for the "innovative" StoryCorps 9/11 animated shorts.
    POV Staff 2 min read January 23, 2013 POV Films Blog Comments
  • Choose Your Own Documentary
    Heather McIntosh discusses new storytelling styles in interactive documentaries like Bear 71 that hark back to the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books.
    Heather McIntosh 8 min read February 22, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • Outside the Frame: South by Southwest 2009
    Freelance writer Amanda Hirsch, former editorial director of PBS Interactive, blogs about documentaries and the Web in her weekly column, Outside the Frame. South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual event in Austin, Texas. Part festival, part conference, “South by” — as the regulars call it — encompasses three strands of programming: Interactive, Film and […]
    Amanda Hirsch 3 min read March 11, 2009 Documentary News Comments