Today in class we discussed the inauguration of President Obama. While I did not watch it on the television, I have watched other Presidential inaugurations and am quite sure I would have seen more of the same. I am more interested; however, on how different news sites are covering the huge story. In class we looked at different sites and rated them on a criteria of 5 things.
These included:
-Readability
-Easy to Navigate?
-Completeness
-Informative
-Interactivity
The three primary sites that I looked at were MSNBC, NY Times, and CNN. While all of them had their individual pros and cons, I personally enjoyed MSNBC's coverage of the inauguration. I found their multimedia slideshow particularily engaging and enjoyable. A picture truly is worth a thousand words and I loved how they integrated photos of people of other nations watching while Barrack Obama was sworn into office. The pictures were moving, while the articles were informative, straightforward, and well-written.
Additionally yet unrelated, MSNBC's website is one of the most well-organized news sites I have seen. The side bar on the left of the main page organizes the stories into categories that you can quickly scan simply by rolling your mouse over the text. It also has a great search engine to look at previous news stories, videos, pictures, etc. Here, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/, you can look at all the videos from in the inauguration from Obama's speech to Aretha Franklin. Enjoy!
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
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