Poynter: Joe Weiss interview
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Poynters Pat Walters has posted extracts of [a dinner conversation with Joe Weiss](http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=83&aid=116285), the creator of the ubiquitous Soundslides.
Weiss’ words reveal a journalist whose skill as a software developer appears driven by his passion for innovative and powerful storytelling.
He has some interesting things to say that relate to the video vs. slideshow debate that went round a while back.
Couple reasons not to use video. One, newspapers still need stills. They still need still photography. Two, they have a trained staff, a trained visual staff, [which] is used to working in still photojournalism. … I think that moving from still photography to an audio slideshow helps the journalist, the visual journalist, because they can maintain the … quality that they’ve had with their still photojournalism but at the same time they can add linear storytelling skills, which will be super essential when they get to video.
