web site reactions

Media storm was a really cool, unique website. The use of pictures is what first caught my attention. I was surprised to see the video and sound incorporation when you scrolled over the photos. Once upon clicking on the article, I liked how you could email the link to someone. It took me a little bit to figure out you had to watch the video in order to hear the story. I also liked the transcript available to follow along. It was obviously a very advanced multimedia project, but it allowed me to see the potential that multimedia reporting software has. Reading the comments though made me realize, the photos made the story, which is a unique feature of the multimedia aspect of journalism.


I expected the Mastering multimedia blog to be more than it was. I was really hooked at first, thinking I was going to learn some of what he knew

On the Concord monitor's multimedia page, once again the use of video and audio just makes the story much more personal, and it really had me make a connection as a reader. It almost reminds me of a book that gets turned into a movie. I liked how there was more of a story line to this rather than the story of the Ninth Floor on media storm. There was also the link to the original story, which was an aspect I liked.


The Web How To I found to be informative and helpful. It reminded you of the basics learned in 621, and guided you to not just write a story, but to have a purpose and incorporate whatever multimedia you feel necessary.

Knight Digital media center seemed helpful, but it appeared you have to create an account to gain full access, which I plan on doing when the course gets in full swing. The links for picasa, and audiocity should also come in helpful later on.

The soundslides you have to buy, which may be a good investment if I want to take a career in multimedia journalism seriously.

On Boston.com, where I mainly get my news from they have the multimedia feature of videos for some of there stories, and have just started watching them, and I have to admit it is a feature I like as it adds a little something more to the story.