24 February 2014: News Corp Australia has signalled its commitment to multidimensional long-form story telling in digital through the publication of The Australian’s ‘Cinderella Man‘ feature via the ‘Captivate’ platform.
Featured in The Weekend Australian on Saturday, ‘Cinderella Man’ becomes News Corp Australia’s first major feature conceived and executed on the platform that activates a fully-immersive reader experience through a combination of compelling writing, photographs, video, audio and graphics.
‘Captivate’ uses responsive design which ensures the highly-interactive content can be consumed on any device – web, tablet or mobile.
The Australian CEO Nicholas Gray said: “We are redefining the way our readers consume our stories across our digital platforms. Through ‘Captivate’, we are able to integrate audio, visual and written content of a story in a highly captivating and engaging way.
“The use of ‘Captivate’ underscores News Corp Australia’s faith in the value of quality journalism in the digital age and our commitment to the continued evolution of our newsrooms to ensure we are providing our audiences with compelling storytelling in whatever way they choose to consume it.
“As we enter our 50th birthday year, media innovation continues to drive us forward. ‘Cinderella Man’ is a clear demonstration of this. I highly commend the fantastic team here who have put together this brilliant execution of journalism.”
‘Cinderella Man’ is the story of Alex Leapai and his journey to become Australia’s first World Heavyweight Champion in boxing. It was written by Walkley Award winning journalist Trent Dalton and Walkley Award winning photographer/videographer Eddie Safarik. Archival footage and graphical images were also used throughout the execution.
The Australian editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell said: “I would urge all our readers to visit ‘Cinderella Man’ on the homepage of the website to sample for themselves our immersive digital journalism with all its many added features beyond Trent Dalton’s terrific piece in The Weekend Australian magazine.
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“We selected Trent’s story about Alex Leapai to be the first told through ‘Captivate’ because
it gave us the perfect opportunity to combine Trent’s excellent narrative with absorbing video
and photographs of Alex in training taken by Eddie.”
To view ‘Cinderella Man’ on the ‘Captivate’ platform, click here.
‘Captivate’ was developed by News as a company-wide platform and will be used over time
for a range of news and commercial projects across the full breadth of News Corp Australia
brands.
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