Interesting: you have to read the new description of Project X at VOX Media. Reads like a parallel to what the multimedia effort wants to do. The way I see it, the more people experimenting in this space, the better.
We'll need D3 hackers and other data viz geniuses who can explain the news in ways words can't. We'll need video producers who can make a two-minute cartoon that summarizes the Volcker rule perfectly. We'll need coders and designers who can build the world's first hybrid news site/encyclopedia.