Sunday, February 28, 2010

One Minute News Broadcast

Today is Saturday, Feb. 27 and this Catie Noyes bringing you your one minute news update.

Top Stories

Mother Nature strikes again this morning attacking Chile with a massive earthquake. The 8.8 magnitude quake hit at 3 a.m. killing at least 147 people, topling buildings and sparking tsunami warnings as far away as the western coast of the U.S.

Weather

Taking a look at our weather today expect scattered snow showers that reduce to flurries. We will experience a high of 33 degrees and low of 24 degrees. As we take a look at the 7-day forecast we start to see some gradual warming. By Tuesday expect temperatures to reach a high of 35 degrees and a high of 39 degrees by Friday. The sun will make an appearance this week hopefully making your week a little brighter.

Sports

In Olympic news today U.S. speed skater, Apolo Ohno, was disqualified Friday night after officials said Ohno pushed his way to the finish. Ohno was ruled winner of the silver medal until replays showed his hand on Canadian Francois Louis-Tremblay's hip befor Tremblay fell on the final turn. Referees ruled Ohno disqualified and the silver medal went un-awarded.

That's the latest in top news stories today. I'm Catie Noyes and this has been your one minute news update.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Multimedia in News Stories

3 examples of multimedia used in news stories:

-The New York Times included an action picture of the olympic skier they did a story on. Its always nice when you can put a picture in your story because its more likely to attract the readers.

-CNN posted this story about the whale trainer that died. This story uses a combination of videos, pictures and a link to facts about whales. I like that the story includes a nice picture of the trainer at the beginning. The videos are nice because they give you a visual reference to the story and the links are good for people who want to learn more about whales.

-The New York Times posts a daily video on the olympics. Being a visual learner I would prefer to watch a video versus having to read the whole thing.

First Post

I have managed create my first blog!