NFB and CBC team up to produce Hyperlocal, an interactive story series

MONTREAL – The National Film Board and CBC have collaborated on a new online project launching today that aims to take storytelling in a more interactive direction. The NFB has produced six interactive stories for Hyperlocal, a new online collection of personal observations about change in Canadian neighbourhoods, commissioned by CBC Canada Writes. The project examines the concept of “hyperlocal” content, which is basically defined as online content that pertains to a defined small geographic community, whether that’s a town, a village or a postal code. The NFB, in its announcement, describes it as permeating “everything from the way we...