While CNN.com contains plenty of tradional news articles and videos keeping people up to date on the day's breaking news and hot topics, the website also provides blog and podcasts to entertain and inform its viewers.
CNN.com does not give its blogs and podcasts sections any prominent display on the homepage. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find links to the blogs and podcasts pages. For newcomers to podcasting, the podcast page offers a small introduction to what it is and how it works.
People can listen to various content with CNN's podcasts, from a political notebook podcast, to a simple news updates podcast, and even a CNN Student News podcast that focuses on middle and highschool classrooms. Unfortunately, I cannot provide links to these podcasts, as they can only be accessed directly from CNN.com's podcast center.
CNN.com also offers dozens of blogs, with topics ranging for sports to food to Anderson Cooper. CNN's Viewer Communications Management Team has even created a blog, CNN.com Behind the Scenes, which is described as a blog for the viewers and all about the viewers.
While CNN.com does not provide any sports content (rather, it sends viewers to Sports Illustrated's website, SI.com), it does have a blog on sports, CNN World Sport. Rather than focusing on scores and updates, it delves into other issues and aspects in sports, such as racism and a blog on the quality of this year's MLB postseason.
I think that CNN.com has done a good job delving into the worlds of blogging and podcasting, offering truly unique content that is a mix of information and entertainment. However, CNN.com needs to do a much better job highlighting these aspects of their website.
CNN.com does not give its blogs and podcasts sections any prominent display on the homepage. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find links to the blogs and podcasts pages. For newcomers to podcasting, the podcast page offers a small introduction to what it is and how it works.
People can listen to various content with CNN's podcasts, from a political notebook podcast, to a simple news updates podcast, and even a CNN Student News podcast that focuses on middle and highschool classrooms. Unfortunately, I cannot provide links to these podcasts, as they can only be accessed directly from CNN.com's podcast center.
CNN.com also offers dozens of blogs, with topics ranging for sports to food to Anderson Cooper. CNN's Viewer Communications Management Team has even created a blog, CNN.com Behind the Scenes, which is described as a blog for the viewers and all about the viewers.
While CNN.com does not provide any sports content (rather, it sends viewers to Sports Illustrated's website, SI.com), it does have a blog on sports, CNN World Sport. Rather than focusing on scores and updates, it delves into other issues and aspects in sports, such as racism and a blog on the quality of this year's MLB postseason.
I think that CNN.com has done a good job delving into the worlds of blogging and podcasting, offering truly unique content that is a mix of information and entertainment. However, CNN.com needs to do a much better job highlighting these aspects of their website.
RSS Feed