Weblogs:
For two weeks, students tracked a variety of stories
related to the 9/11 attacks. They compared stories in
both digital and print media, making note of differences
and similarities in writing styles and coverage. Analysis
of online articles included the use of advertising and
the ease of navigation.
Northern
Alliance & Afghanistan's New Government
By Melissa Maguire
- The Washington Post writing is stylized and almost
cliched but it does keep me interested.
- The cnn.com writing is colorful, engaging and conversational
without trivializing the information.
- Msnbc.com organized the story very will utilizing
multiple sections and links.
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Coverage of Pakistan & Kashmir Region in Regards
to War in Afghanistan
By Reed Mercado
- The photos of houstonchronicle.com are small enough
that the page loads quickly, but the use of colors
is effective and makes all the text easier to read.
- I hate how the ink from the New York Times paper
smudges and comes off on my hands when I hold it too
long. It makes me want to put the paper down.
- Plain text articles in Time magazine are not a good
idea in today's short attention span society.
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Security in the Air
By Ah-Rhan Han
- I have noticed that the titles that CNN uses are
more dramatic and eye-catchier than those of the print.
- Maybe I prefer the digital publication for its speed?
The best thing about the web.. SPEED!
- In general, I prefer digital publication for its
to-the-minute coverage and multimedia features, but
except for ads!
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Flight 587 Crash in Queens
By Helen Torres
- I find that the New York times is very conscious
of their audience and makes their words more concise.
- The article in the newspaper did not only present
all the facts, but also gave a touch of humanity to
the tragedy using the printed word and I really didn't
feel that from the online article.
- Wonderful use of links and sources I was quite pleased.
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Bush
& Putin Get Together for Three Days of
Missile Talks
By Xaviera Silva
- CNN's hallmark is to have an easily read website
- The CNN.COM coverage is very similar to the print
report, and as usual the only advertisement is free
AOL hours in the far right column.
- All in all, the online coverage that I monitored
never changed due to update, it was just filed away
to be found by a SEARCH.
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Tracking
America's Economy Following Sept. 11
By Rebecca Skaroff
- So far, MSNBC is confusing and uninteresting, and
not using the medium very creatively, no videos, no
good pictures.
- CNN articles are broken up with bold section titles,
but involve a lot of scrolling and don't have interactive
aspects to them, no polls or exciting charts.
- The BBC so far does not impress me with its use
of the medium at all. The articles are the same as
print articles - text and a picture or two.
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Anthrax
Investigation
By Robyn Shepherd
- The tone of the print story was more feature-like
than that of the online story.
- The digital publication is updated constantly, and
like NYTimes.com, the up-to-the-minute coverage sometimes
results in lean stories.
- MSNBC.com is updates fairly regularly, which makes
the massive amount of coverage impressive.
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America's Search for Osama Bin Laden & His Troops
By Anna Ramos
- I'm slowly beginning to think that the paper is
more of yesterday's events than current events!
- Cnn.com had a list of the latest developments and
more updated information, something the paper cannot
provide it's readers.
- Instead of having readers click, I think it would've
been better to let them finish reading the story in
peace and as they scrolled down they would see the
map.
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Social,
Political, & Economic Recovery After Trade Center
Attacks
By Samantha Bong
- The picture took up as much room as the text, and
the text was arranged around the picture attractively.
This large amount of whitespace made the article very
easy to read.
- Having each story on a different page online has
the advantage of providing more ad space than in print.
- The print coverage tends to be a lot more factual,
very detached, whereas online coverage has focused
on feelings, thoughts, emotions, and psychological
impact.
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Afghanistan
After The Taliban
By Yalda Jamal
- The story in the Times just seems more complex and
less reader friendly than on BBC.com.
- The digital medium tastefully used ads, off to the
side, as they did not interfere or distract my eyes
from the article.
- I found that the language used in Slate.com was
in fact much more conversational as opposed to the
language used in the Daily News.
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War
& Violence
By John Dvorak
- USA Today is flashy and the articles are quick and
almost entertaining. Lots of pictures and images and
graphs and different things to look at.
- Slate.com is orientated for self-promotion more
than reader enlightenment it seems to me.
- CNN.com offers video, audio, and visual elements
straight from the home page. I think they do an excellent
job at prioritizing stories.
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Daily Life in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
By Andres Ortiz
- If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the
coverage in today's New York Times was the best yet.
- BBC has really taken advantage of the organizational
potential of the web with a "war on terror"
section providing links to breaking news, analysis,
and guides on just about every aspect of the war you
can think of.
- The Slate article also features a message board,
which is a welcome bit of interactivity for a story
where the ending remains unclear.
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The
Hunt For Osama Bin Laden
By Max Cohen
- CNN.com includes interactive features such as message
boards and it also has audio and video feeds which
make the digital publication a more effective medium.
- The tone of the story has changed from one medium
to the other but I believe that that is an editorial
choice and does not relate to the type of medium.
- This time the advertisement didn't interfere with
my experience as a reader because it was very discrete
(bearably noticeable).
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The
State and Movement of the Taliban
By Zack Winston
- The Daily News piece was almost rejoicing the apparent
begging for a surrender.
- Slate reports that coverage of the Taliban's status
in Kunduz is conflicting. News sources like the New
York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times,
USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal have been giving
conflicting reports on the surrender at Kunduz.
- The difference in the two is that the Slate article
is bland, getting information from the New York Times,
the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and others.
The Daily News' article starts out with this exciting
declaration from our Defense Secretary, with picture.
Then it gets to the info on Kunduz.
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Northern
Alliance's Offensive Against the Taliban
By Monica Yoon
- I preferred the digital medium because of the extra
information that was a mouse-click away.
- The digital medium utilized effective links to full
coverage on related stories, video clips, and my favorite
was an interactive link to our community's thoughts
on the war on terror.
- The story seemed more important in the Daily News
because it had a huge graphic and headline on the
front page as well as a cartoon-looking map.
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