One in 8 Million series

One of my favorite new features on the New York Times website is One in 8 Million, a series of slideshows with audio that do brief profiles on New Yorkers who might not otherwise be profiled in a written article. It seems any reporter to invest time profiling a person anymore, that person is required to stand in some leadership role or must be the lens through wish a greater story is told. With audio slideshow profiles such as these, we can get to know people who aren’t covered in print articles daily and with the use of audio and photos, we can gain such great insight as to how people live their lives. This story is titled: Georgiana DePalma Tedone: The Mozzarella Maker. She’s 90 and wakes up every morning at 2 a.m. to make mozzarella cheese. The black and white photos are crisp, non-repetitive and they are interspersed according to the action happening in them, with her voice. Listening to Ms. DePalma Tedone walking us through her day or how she learned how to make the cheese is a simple concept but it works extremely well. The elated readers inspired by Ms. DePalma Tedone also found the piece rewarding. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html?scp=1&sq=one%20in%20eight%20million&st=cse#/georgiana_depalma_tedone