Panel: Roberta Morris

• Integrity of a story is important
• Tell a story without exploiting people
• It is key to feel empathy for your subject. You don't have to agree with them technically but without empathy, grasping the feel of the story will be more difficult. It also would be hard to feel for the subject or even care for the persona. You want to grasp the moment and get the humanity of the story from their perspective.
• To whom you interview for a documentary is important. Be aware because you do not want to ask questions to someone who is un-knowledgeable of the topic, facts, or story.
• It isn't always the best idea to put someone on the spot to where they have no way of responding.
• If there is a silence in the interview after a question is being posed, wait seven seconds. The interviewee could be processing the question still and you don't want to interrupt their thought or cause frustration to the degree that they no longer want to go through with the interview

• Acknowledge someone's right to say "no"
• Allow for someone's input, and respect the subject. 
• You are holding their story, you are carrying their story, therefore, respect their story.

• Visual graphics such as animation works great as a filler. It fills interest to the viewer and is entertaining; keeping the audience awake and interested.
• Perception of interactivity: the users get to choose/add input and their response is heard. There are possible different anticipations and reactions to a story but all aspects in angles of the story have already been preconceived.
• People prefer some sort of control and power. Restrictions aren’t all that favorable. Having the power in the decision making aspect makes something interactive successful.

Extra things to think about:

• Pay attention to the differences in sexes opinions/views: different sexism exists.
• Sometimes it is a shame to take someone' story and not be able to put it out there for others to be able to feel for the story and hear the words and perspectives of that persona.

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My opinion, in reference to today’s debate about interactivity:I feel that you can still grab and maintain one's attention without interactivity. However, you cannot do that if there is a lack of story, structure, and substance. It is important to have imagination, new media skills and integration, + storytelling skills.