1. Creatavist.com Michael Sluby and Jess Parker

2. General Information Creatavist is a storytelling platform launched by the Atavist in 2011 Free, $10 per month, or $250 per month with varying storage features Set a title for your “story” Insert cover photos for each chapter Publishes as a webpage showing each chapter Each chapter represents a different type of media – image, text, video, PDF, or template Templates allow html, CSS, and JavaScript – journalists who are skilled with coding can create their own interactive multi-media page with more advanced features

3. General Information (cont.) Can have one chapter for each medium of media, or several different types in each chapter Can create picture galleries and slideshows, appealing for a photo-driven story Can embed video from platforms like Vimeo or YouTube, or upload your own video Can upload audio files Publishes stories in several different formats – iBook, kindle, kobo, nook, epub, web, or app version of the website

4. How It Can Be Used Publish a story with several different types of media Use the template feature to create interactive, multimedia pages Create photo galleries for picture-driven stories Add videos to enhance stories Publish stories in several different formats on various platforms

5. Uses Specifically for Journalists Can create online multimedia specials with parallax-scrolling effects Creatavist can create similar projects Allows journalists to create interactive, unique stories that can be shared across a variety of platforms Perfect for the in-depth, complicated story with an archive of content

6. Journalistic Examples The Boston NPR station WBUR was the first story to be built on the new platform WBUR partnered with Atavist to build “Bulger on Trial,” a magazine-like, interactive story about Whitey Bulger http://bulger.wbur.org/story/1977/?location=14098

7. Demonstration https://michaelsluby.creatavist.com https://www.creatavist.com/cms/story/30697