Slow Journalism and the Out of Eden Walk
- 25 November 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Digital Journalism
- Vol. 4 (4), 547-562
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2015.1111768
Abstract
Journalism does not get much slower than National Geographic’s Out of Eden Walk, a seven-year, around-the-world journey being undertaken by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek. This article explains how Salopek’s Walk is a particularly useful and beautiful example of slow journalism that renders the oldest story in human history using innovative digital tools of the twenty-first century. It also offers university educators ideas on using the Out of Eden Walk as a teaching tool, by exposing classrooms to the literary and visual delights of the project while having students design and implement a narrative walk of their own.Keywords
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- What is Slow Journalism?Journalism Practice, 2014