Interactive Narratives

"Reframing Mexico" looks at the Mexico City beyond the violent headlines. The site features 12 short video documentaries and multiple interactive features. Topics include a single mother raising children in a large metro dump, a carpenter whose illegal immigration to the US ended when the American dream eluded him, a disabled father overcoming stigma and discrimination, and others. Interactive features include a border crossing game, a "build your own wrestler" feature, and more. This project is a collaboration between UNC Photojournalism and Monterrey Tec. More…

n 2001, Argentina's economy collapsed, leading to deep economic and social disruption. But the Argentinean people are resilient, with a fierce spirit of determination. Now What Argentina? explores the history of this crisis, the adaptations of the people, and the enduring Argentinean culture. The site's debut follows a month-long foreign reporting assignment in which UNC-Chapel Hill journalism students collaborated with Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina journalism students to produce a dynamic multimedia website detailing the lingering effects of the country's economic crash. This project not only raises awareness of Argentina's struggles to a broad international audience but also illuminates the financial crises that are currently challenging people around the globe. The students, guided by faculty and professional journalists, used photos, audio, video, panoramic photos, timelapse photography, information graphics and design to examine the lasting effects of the 2001 economic collapse. The stories range from political violence and drug addiction to tango and soccer and much more. The stories of the people and their city make up Now What Argentina, a documentary multimedia project that examines the fall, recovery, and continued challenges of a nation. More…

Energy makes America go. But the way we get it is more complex and vulnerable than most of us realize. The truth about energy is that change won't come easily. Here, you can explore America’s energy stories, meet the people behind the debate and join the conversation about our future. This project was UNC-Chapel Hill's contribution to News21, a Carnegie and Knight initiative developed to foster innovation in journalism. More…

When the Asian tsunami hit southern Thailand in 2004, the sea that had sustained the region for generations - the Andaman - rose up, destroying families and killing thousands. Three-and-a-half years later, a team of journalists set out for the seaside province of Phang-nga to document the lives and culture of people living by the Andaman. They found a people marked - but not defined - by disaster, a people who have taken on challenges and risen above them. More…

Robinson Crusoe Island has a storied history and an unknown future. Learn about the project by selecting "Robinson Crusoe: Fact and Fiction." Then, view "Crusoe and Selkirk: A Comparison" to learn more about the marooned men. More…

"Our site is named for one of the more remote routes that religious pilgrims and tourists follow on the camino to Santiago de Compostela. For us, the Ancient Way is also a metaphor for a way of life that has existed in Galicia for centuries, a way of life that is slowly changing as the youth move away from the lives their ancestors forged on family farms and the sea." (The original site is done in Spanish and Galician and that it is produced by UNC-CH, Universidade Santiago de Campostela and Universidad de Los Andes.) More…

Mixing video, photography, audio and text, this is the first of its kind multimedia documentary that takes you into the uncharted waters of the Gnawa and their struggle to adapt to a new Global Age. More…

Chiloe Stories is the second cooperative project between the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of North Carolina and the Faculty of Communication at the University of the Andes. The first project is Life at the End of the Road. More…

Apartheid was a social and political policy of racial segregation that resulted in the oppression of Black, Indian and Coloured South Africans by the ruling white minority between 1948 and 1994. Despite the severe restrictions on free political debate, resistance groups, such as the African National Congress, fought for liberation even though resistance often resulted in imprisonment or death. More…