On the second day of the seminar, the editors of the popular city portal Hrodna.Life, Alexei Shota and Irina Novik, organized a creative workshop.
«To ‘hook’ a person, to make him remember some facts, storytelling is the only way to impart information and ideas», said Irina Novik.
The speakers explained how to use digital media tools, how to create a story which a reader will read to the end, hungry for more. In the course of the lecture, Irina encouraged students to practise a little. She presented techniques for «breaking the ice»: participants had to tell the stories behind their own names.
«And now you see, this is the result of your stories. You completed the task and now you smile, even though you had been sitting with serious faces before», she commented.
Alexei Shota showed how they create special projects in the editorial office of Hrodna.Life, operating simple tools such as StorymapJS, TimelineJS, JuxtaposeJS, Tilda and others.
