Another good example

Just this afternoon, I presented an analysis of a special report by The Denver Post for my "In-Depth Reporting and Media Convergence" class. The report, entitled "The Battle Within" revealed several troublesome aspects of the tolls taken on American soldiers and their families resulting from questionable deployment to the ongoing War in Iraq.

I bring this up on this blog because I think it serves a good example of online journalism. While the three-part series included articles that surely appeared in the print edition of The Post, it also included five video interviews of soldiers affected by deployment and their families. This multimedia element, which could obviously not be presented in the print format, adds a great deal to the project and shows how online journalism can improve the reporting of a given topic.

The video interviews, as well as the photographs included with the articles, allow the audience a more personal interaction with the subjects of the stories. Rather than simply reading words on paper, the readers can now watch the soldier (and feel his emotion) when he shares his story.

Check it out here and let me know your thoughts...