Thursday, February 5, 2009

This week, I felt a lot more familiar with ACM (it had been awhile since my overnight KOMU.com weekly shifts). We began the new process of setting up pages for the reporters in ACM, allowing them to write their scripts directly onto the space we gave them. Margaret Enright and I created two web extras we were particularly fond of. For one extra  we created a slide show of still frame photos. We chose to use Michael Kelly's story about the new nuclear reactor and the opposition to it because the people's expressions were very visually interesting. We also wanted to show more photos of the nuclear reactor because he did not use all the shots in his package. The other extra was an explanation video pertaining to Samantha Running's package about measuring energy consumption in the residence halls. Sam didn't have room in her package for the explanation video, but we found it very informative. So, we edited a few pieces together and posted it on the website. I love how the web provides an outlet for extra content...especially when that content can further the meaning of the story. 

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for the links! I liked the addition of the slideshow -- but I think it would have been even better if you were able to put titles and descriptions on the Flickr pictures. It would have helped inform the viewer even more.

    And a tiny note about adding a web extra video -- make sure you link back to the original story so there's a connection between the two web elements. You can also remind the person who reads the short video summary that they can return to the original link by clicking on the link in the KOMU Story Toolbox to the left of the article.

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