The Jockey is a multimedia presentation by New York Times writer Barry Bearack and photographer Chang W. Lee. A total of 14 people are credited for the piece, which tells the story of Russell Baze, the jockey with the most races in American history. The photography and the videos that accompany the piece are brilliant, but there are not enough. Or, there is too much text. For a "multimedia" piece, they forgot the "multi" part. The video plays seamlessly within the story: you scroll down and the words from the text smoothly transform into the video part of the presentation. There is an interesting video portion detailing Baze's multiple career injuries. On the whole, though, this looks like a traditional long-read text piece with the video added on top. Notably, there are no video interviews, or "sound bites" of any of the piece's subjects within the piece. A good attempt, much better than "Snowfall" in my opinion, but still not quite reaching the pinnacle of what a multimedia piece should be.
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