A few notable multimedia projects to whet your appetite from the first lecture. 

The Guardian's Katine project

Washington Post: Clinton speech map

Cincinnati Enquirer: Crime map and Cinicnnavigator

 LA Times: The Marlboro Marine. A superb piece of multimedia by and about LA Times photographer Luis Since and the marine veteran he made inadvertently famous

St Louis Post Despatch: Reporting for Duty.  The St Louis Post Despatch's rich multimedia story about recruits heading for Iraq.

San Jose Mercury News: Interactive panorama of local items of interest to a community in San Jose. Uses Vuvox.