A Critique of “Seven Days of Heroin”

By Ha Ta “Seven Days of Heroin”, a project by the staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer, uses data visualization, pictures, audios and videos of heroin-related incidents, and orders personal stories into a continuous timeline over one week that emphasize the urgency of this epidemic and the frequency in which overdoses and deaths happen. Overall, the … More A Critique of “Seven Days of Heroin”

Walking Right into Reality on Your Device with Virtual Reality

By Ha Ta “VICE News VR: Millions March” considers itself as the first-ever virtual reality newscast and Vice’s choice of event, the anti-police violence protests in New York City, allows the virtual reality form of storytelling to shows its strength. Protests at this scale in a big city like New York promise chaos, big crowds … More Walking Right into Reality on Your Device with Virtual Reality

A Creative Way to Tell Stories Using Video

By Ha Ta “The Fine Line: Simone Biles Gymnastics” by The New York Times uses a series of soundless video and text to emphasize the extraordinary gymnastics talent of Simone Biles, a U.S. Olympic Gymnast. The article was able to showcase Biles’ skillful moves that define her as a gymnast prodigy and analyzing those moves … More A Creative Way to Tell Stories Using Video

What I have learnt from Codecademy’s HTML & CSS primer

Here are several skills I have learnt, and my observations, after completing the Codecademy HTML and CSS primer: I learnt how to create text, add pictures and videos with HTML, and how to style these using CSS. When you find yourself writing the same lines of CSS over and over again, you can and should … More What I have learnt from Codecademy’s HTML & CSS primer

Multimedia Storytelling That Touches Hearts

By Ha Ta “The Last Generation” project uses video clips, picture slides and data visualizations to provide both personal stories and factual information about the past, present and future of Marshall Islands and their inhabitants that allow the audience to engage, interact and learn. The project could have been made into a full-length video, however, … More Multimedia Storytelling That Touches Hearts