Call me new school... but I come from a new generation of media journalists that enjoy music, creative editing, sounds, and things that pop visually... and aim to create that in every project that calls for it.
Burt Glinn and the Magnum Photographers recently created such an audio slideshow for "Cuban Revolution," which looks at Fidel Castro and less than 24 rebels who led a two-year-long insurgency against the Batista dictatorship in Cuba.
Also go and see Che, 4 hours in the movie theatre won't kill you. Although, I'd still be interested in a movie that documents South America connections with Africa.