Convergence takes a Pulitzer
“Convergence” may be a dirty word these days, and it was certainly overused by companies like one former employer of mine back in the bubble era. But when it works, people do manage to take notice. Case in point is The Washington Post’s Pulitzer for Gene Weingarten’s report on the public response (or lack thereof) to Joshua Bell playing violin in the DC subway. While the article may have had its origins in the dead-tree pages of the Post, it really shines online, where it’s accompanied by a video play-by-play of Bell’s whole underground escapade. As Weingarten recently told NPR, embedded video made the online version “just a beautiful way to read a story.” So, congrats to WashingtonPost.com for getting convergence right, and acknowledging that there are things you can do online that you just can’t do on paper.
