Interactive Narratives

According to the World Bank, 23 percent of Hondurans are malnourished. Researchers from UNC Chapel Hill and the Mathile Institute are working to combat the deadly effects of malnutrition by introducing a nutritional supplement into the diets of Honduran infants. "Honduras and the Hidden Hunger" tells the story behind this study. More…

L'oeil Du Viseur ('Behind the viewfinder') is a french web-documentary about photojournalism. Each day during a month, a photographer speaks about one of this pictures he like. Because behind the bytes of a jpg file, there are always encounters between photographer and his characters. More…

In English, "Chronicle of an Environmental Disaster".

This is an extensive account on an environmental accident that happened recently in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In November, 2008, a chemical company, Servatis, released aproximately 8,000 liters of endosulfan into Paraiba do Sul river, Rio de Janeiro's main source of water, killing tons of fishes.

This is a whole multimedia website dedicated to the story, based on Wordpress and other tools available online for free, with videos, photos, audio and a map of the disaster.

In Portuguese. Watch an English subtitled version of the main video piece on Current (click here).

A three part web documentary depicting two young danish soldiers experiences during one year of preparation for war, close quarter combat and it's aftermath. More…

They're fighting to survive and put their training to work. They might have medical degrees and much-needed experience, but when you're an immigrant in America, you start at the bottom. More…

Reflect on 50 years of Barbie with a collection of images and preview re-imagined looks for the fashion icon from top designers participating in the upcoming New York Fashion Week runway show. More…

Spencer Platt, a staff photographer with Getty Images, spent two weeks in December 2007 with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Central African Republic. Here, he describes photographing a population living in extreme distress. More…

The boys at Christ Child House on Detroit's west side are a sliver of Michigan's foster care system and its more than 6,000 legal orphans. As they wait to be reunified with families or adopted, they share tears and tantrums, giggles and hugs, uncertain futures and some surprisingly happy endings. More…

The sea spit out the dying baby dolphin, cast her into a strange new world. That was the end of one thing, and the miraculous beginning of another. She would be claimed by science and claimed by children. She'd become famous, appear on television. She'd receive visitors from around the world, and she'd help them feel whole. They'd call her "Winter." More…

At age 21, waitress, hairstylist and roller derby girl Brooke Smith found she likely has 10 to 15 years to live. In the process, she has turned to an authority she largely ignored as a teenager. "The real question I've got to ask is to God: What do you want me to do?" More…