Last year, my freshman year of college, I came to Marquette University with no television. Usually I get my news from watching CNN or local news on TV, but with no TV in my dorm room, that stopped. Other than checking out the Chicago Tribune app during breakfast, I really had no regular source of news.
However, with this beat assignment, I have regularly been checking out CNN.com's website, and reading my classmates' blogs on their beat, helping me check out other news sources I might not otherwise have looked at.
What has impressed me most about CNN is the time and resources devotede to developing their news website. With a 24 hour news network, it would be possible to make the website an afterthought and simply throw news videos from television reports onto the website. And while CNN does provide many videos from its TV network, it also makes available plenty of web content such as written articles.
I was impressed with its coverage of the 9/11 10th anniversary and the death of Steve Jobs as well. CNN.com combined in-depth stories with photo slideshows, rememberance videos, and live blogging to cover these front page news stories.
However, with this beat assignment, I have regularly been checking out CNN.com's website, and reading my classmates' blogs on their beat, helping me check out other news sources I might not otherwise have looked at.
What has impressed me most about CNN is the time and resources devotede to developing their news website. With a 24 hour news network, it would be possible to make the website an afterthought and simply throw news videos from television reports onto the website. And while CNN does provide many videos from its TV network, it also makes available plenty of web content such as written articles.
I was impressed with its coverage of the 9/11 10th anniversary and the death of Steve Jobs as well. CNN.com combined in-depth stories with photo slideshows, rememberance videos, and live blogging to cover these front page news stories.
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