The OD is not most well-known for its use of multimedia, but, to the staff's credit, they've been working very hard to incorporate more elements of audio and video coverage onto their website. The recent filming (and subsequent online posting) of a debate between Congressional race candidates shows the progress being made by the paper in this area, and presents a very good example of use (and presentation) of multimedia.
The filmed debated, in which the candidates fielded questions from the OD's editorial board, is featured on the home page of the website by banner shown below:
Clicking on the banner sends users to a page with an embedded video player, and links to the candidate's answers (and rebuttals) to each question.
Here is what the page looks like:
What do you think? Is this a good way to feature and present the material? I think it is. Could they have done anything differently to enhance the presentation?
1 comment:
I like that you can click on the responses to specific questions. Much better than simply posting a video of the entire debate. It makes it more 'web-friendly', taking advantage of potential of Internet as opposed to television.
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