The story, called “Snow Fall,” chronicled a fatal avalanche near a ski resort in Washington State that killed three backcountry skiers. In some ways it was the type of disaster story commonly told in newspapers. What made “Snow Fall” dramatic was the way it made elaborate multimedia elements an organic part of the storytelling and reading experience. Three-dimensional graphics showed the routes the skiers took down the mountain as readers scrolled through the story. Video testimony from the characters popped up as the reader absorbed their parts of the story. Some of the skiers wore cameras on
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I loved Snow Fall! That article alone reformed the whole publishing world to use huge screen-wide images at the top of each article, something Medium and many others still do. I also still think that article shows the future of books... sigh.
