The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall gave visual journalist and film teacher, Robb Montgomery, a chance to create a very personal multimedia story about an escape from East Germany, demonstrating how easy it is for journalists to produce compelling mobile video packages. Angelique Lu reports.

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“Stories like the NSA Files are exceptional, and this is why they matter. They are stretches. They are creative bursts in a sea of sameness. They are proof of life. They offer hope for the future – and also a hint at what the next generation of digital news products could look like …” Andrew Nachison

Can mega-stories generate mega interest? Or are they really just “the editor’s prerogative”, as one critic claims? In the eighth installment of Trends in the Newsroom, Krysten Dawes reports on what makes a good mega-story, why they are relevant, and the potential that they hold. 

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Andy Kohut's analysis on Poynter.org of recent Pew surveys presents a challenging outlook on the future of journalism. Figures show that those aged between 18 and 47 (spanning the two generational categories "Gen Xers" and "Millenials") spend "less time than older people following the news at the outset of their adulthood," and Kohut states that "younger generations just don’t enjoy following the news."

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After hearing Eduardo Sirotsky Melzer present his RBS Group, it is safe to say the multimedia group mirrors the dynamism of its home country: Brazil.

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