I think what The Washington Post did with The Waypoint is a great way to tell a news story from a different point of view. The complex stories needed to be told in a sophisticated way as their journeys. If you are a visual person, you’re going to love The Waypoint for its highly visual presentation and the self-guided multimedia storytelling. The Waypoint gives you a visual ride through the Turkish coast to the Greek Island of Lesbos. The Waypoint gives you a first-person view of migrants and refugees on their journeys to safety from start to finish.
The examples that The Waypoint is showing is the future of storytelling for journalists. It’s a different way to tell many stories at once. It’s giving the reader a better picture and understanding of the situation. It’s an excellent way for journalism to show emotion in their stories. It’s a way for journalists to make their stories more impactful for the reader. I think the concepts we went over in class like compassion fatigue, ambivalent narratives, and global compassion discourse are shown in a way visually.
Georgia abandoned resorts Tskaltubo which were once suets spas is now being called home by refugees. “Georgia plans to spend millions turning an abandoned Soviet-era spa town into a tourist attraction. But Tskaltubo’s decaying sanatoriums are also home to refugees from a past civil war, and their future is uncertain.” Matthew Goddard, Tskaltubo (BBC, Feb 2020)
Tensions rise with the refugee crisis in Lesbos. “Greek authorities are struggling to cope with rising tension on islands where pressure from a new influx of refugees and migrants has reached a critical point.” Helelna Smith, The Observer (The Guardian, Feb 9, 2020)
Greek locals protesting overcrowded refugee camps. “Thousands of Greek residents and business owners joined a strike and protested Wednesday on the Greek islands hardest hit by migration, demanding that the government ease severe overcrowding at refugee camps.” Derek Gatopulous, Greek islanders strongly protest overcrowded refugee camps (abcnews, Feb 10, 2020)
Refugees and migrants confront riot police outside the Kara Tepe camp, on the island of Lesbos. Photograph: Elias Marcou/Reuters
Max Salcedo 