Eamon de Valera

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Eamon de Valera
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• Cross Platform led by RTÉ radio
• Judging Dev RTÉ Radio series
• Judging Dev book published by RTÉ and the Royal
  Irish Academy
• Historian and broadcaster Dr Diarmaid Ferriter
• TV documentary
• Eamon de Valera website 13 x radio and 12 TV
  clips
• Specially commissioned audio introduction by Dr.
  Diarmaid Ferriter

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• Producing Eamon de Valera online
• Partnered with RTÉ radio early in planning
• Aimed at general RTÉ audience
• Target education Leaving Cert History

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• Inform History Teachers
• Article in Teaching History magazine for
  teachers
• Site demonstrated at the History Teachers of
  Ireland Conference
• Site launched with Judging Dev book and radio
  series by the Taoiseach at the Royal Irish
  Academy

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• Challenges
• Should this type of online production be based in
  the Archive?
• Archive staff may have knowledge of collections
  but do they have skills required to produce
  online content?
• This type of presentation of archives online is
  still very new
• Communication to RTÉ departments pre and post
  content production
• Communication to general audience and
  specialist audience

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Production Steps