“Barack Obama: the road to the White House” is a fantastic, sober and smart 30-minute bio with just pictures and sound bits arranged by The Guardian multimedia newsroom.
Jonathan Freedland narrates this documentary tracing Barack Obama’s remarkable journey to the White House, from his childhood in Hawaii, through his education in Indonesia and at Harvard. Accompanied by contemporary and archive pictures, plus reports from Guardian correspondents around the world. Audio by Francesca Panetta. Slideshow by Mee-Lai Stone.
If you ever had any doubt about what a print newsroom can do today in the multimedia world just watch and listen to this audio-visual document.
Johnatan Freedland’s production shows how content drives journalism, and how the use of simple technologies and team work can produce masterpieces like this one.
Multimedia journalism caviar!
