Interactive Narratives

On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops stormed south, launching a war that would last until 1953. The men who fought there will never forget. Hear the stories of local vets (SE Virginia, Hampton Roads) in this video interactive. Read about some milestones and a story about 21-months in a POW camp. More…

An interactive tour of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure. If you choose to take our Wizarding World challenge, you will be tested with a series of questions worthy of O.W.L. accreditation. As you answer the questions you will be granted a sneak peak at the new attractions - photos, video and highlights for the real HP fan just dying to dive in to Hogwarts. So go on, dust off your wands, conjure your best spells and see how well you measure up. But beware! We're not entirely sure what will happen should you fail. More…

Earthquake Kids - Children and their Rights in a Devastated Haiti shows how the children - who make up 40% of the country's population - were affected by the tragedy. Many became orphans, while others were removed from their families and taken illegally overseas. Sanitary conditions and access to health care and education - which were already precarious - are now even more volatile. The images, recorded by NGOs and UN agencies operating in Haiti, reveal shocking scenes of the desperate situation faced by the population in the early days following the earthquake. In this web documentary, you will see a devastated Haiti - putting at stake the future and the rights of its children. More…

Who are the main players in China's real-estate market? Who are he people affected by the rising prices? And what is China's government doing to prevent what they perceive as a asset bubble from bursting. Explore China's booming real-estate market and the government's latest policies through graphics, analysis and video stories. More…

The Augsburg Display Cabinet-the Getty Museum's 17th-century "cabinet of curiosities" on is both a work of art and an early prototype of museums. With dozens of compartments to store collectibles, this remarkable object unfolds in myriad ways to reveal surprising treats for the eye. This interactive allows gallery and online visitors to explore its many doors and drawers, admiring tiny oil paintings, wood carvings, and precious inlaid materials decorating its surfaces-much like the voyage of exploration and discovery experienced in a museum visit. More…

This project is part of a series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 1960 World Series victory over the New York Yankees. This chapter explores Forbes Field, the city's famous ballpark. The series will continue through October. More…

A three part project looking at donacions received and in use in Chile after the Feb. 27th earthquake. Part one looks at the quantity of donations that Chile has received as opposed to the need in the rebuilding effort with an interactive graphic. The second part shows that part of the relief effort with a video looking at people working to help provide help. The third part is two panoramas showing a a field hospital donated by the Cuban government. More…

In the early 1900s, at a time when most waterfront cities had ports and industrial plants, a crusading editor named W.L. Straub pressed this city to make its waterfront a public park. Today, 100 years later, St. Petersburg has the third largest waterfront park in North America behind only Chicago and Vancouver. A spiky skyline has taken shape with six new condo towers rising in the last decade alone. So we wondered, with so many new skyscrapers and such varied architectural styles, did we do a good job of framing the unique waterfront park that Straub and other city pioneers left us? More…

A story about the Copenhagen Marathon that turned out quit differently, than intended. Originally a straight forward one-day production, but when the main character didn't show up for the appointed interview, we decided - instead of ditching the story altogether - to experiment with the narrative. This is the result. Without the usual gloss of a BFC story - just the narrative. More…

The Florida panther is in worse shape than ever. Although there are now 100 of them, thanks to a bold genetic experiment in 1995, the panthers are crowded into a smaller area than ever. Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have never blocked any development that wipes out panther habitat, even manipulating numbers and using flawed science to justify saying yes to projects. As a result, genetic defects and other problems are now cropping up, leading to predictions that the state animal is just a dead cat walking. More…