Burt Herman, CEO and co-founder of the popular website Storify, joined us in class via Skype! He took time out of his busy schedule to talk about new media and how simple it is to share your ideas and create a masterpiece of of them.

Herman is literally “building the future of journalism” and “bringing together journalists and technologists” (courtesy of burtherman.com) with his new website, Storify. Storify is a news platform that lets you create and build your stories while adding in social media links like Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter to contribute to the growing story. You can also add in websites, photos and videos to make your story more appealing to a wider audience.

Storify may be one of the greatest new innovations in journalism that I have seen in the last few years. It is extremely user-friendly and it’s ability to give users so much interactivity is mind blowing.

For more on Burt Herman, check out his website here or visit his Twitter.