Telling interactive stories - The New York Times

Last night I listened Andrew DeVigal depicting his stories around the multimedia work he does for The New York Times. It was my first event as a member of New York Chapter of the Usability Professionals Association and it was an inspiring one.

Andrew showcased some amazing articles that I want to share:

• Exonerated, Freed, and What Happened Then -Moving stories of more than 130 prisoners that have been exonerated by DNA evidence in the United States

• Deadly Rampage at Virgina Tech The events at Virgina Polytechnic Institute are visually represented in 3D

• Casualties of War - Faces of the Dead - The analysis tab show an amazing number, much higher than the 9/11 one

• And my favorite one 2008 Election - Choosing a President

These stories (and you can see more on DeVigal Delicious Bookmarks ) are incredibly well produced,but my questions is: who saw this work?

I’m a New York Times Reader and I first came across these stories last night.
I’m exactly their target:

• I’m tech savvy,
• I love visual over text as I’m used to fast scanning web pages
• I read all these articles in text over my phone or RSS readers

and yet, I didn’t see these interactive stories (they are not SEO friendly either, as the text is flash undercover)

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