Everything is multimedia so what is multimedia?
Over dinner at #SNDSTL a friend and great designer/developer/art director/artist/journalist/storyteller Mike Schmidt (@mohawkstreet) made me think about this term "multimedia." He asked me, "What is multimedia when everything is multimedia?"
That is really a good question. What is multimedia when all media has photos, video, text and graphics. I have called myself a multimedia storyteller for the last 8 years. I have been an editor of multimedia, multimedia developer and now a professor of multimedia journalism. So what am I? Everyone working in media today pretty much works in multimedia.
Mike went on to say, "We have to kill that term," and after a night of thinking about it I agree. Multimedia is really just media. There is no separation between them nor should there be. So, starting today, I am a storyteller. I am an interactive developer. I am a journalism professor.
*I used the term twice in a headline and 10 more times in one post. I think it is now completely overused! -SK
