Long form interactive journalism - 23 views

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  #2 Cody Duane-McGlashan on 26 Mar 13

   

  I found this article fascinating, and the large photos that moved as you scrolled were cool. It seems amazing that so many people abuse the disability system and last year I experienced this first hand. At the Hardly Strictly Music festival I saw a man in a wheel chair who was sitting in the disabilities section, but as soon as the organizers turned away the man suddenly rose out of his wheelchair and began to walk towards a friend. Either I had witnessed a miracle or this man was taking advantage of a system that is needed by many. The government is in debt and people like this are what cause programs to be shut down.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I found this article fascinating, and the large photos that moved as you scrolled were cool. It seems amazing that so many people abuse the disability system and last year I experienced this first hand. At the Hardly Strictly Music festival I saw a man in a wheel chair who was sitting in the disabilities section, but as soon as the organizers turned away the man suddenly rose out of his wheelchair and began to walk towards a friend. Either I had witnessed a miracle or this man was taking advantage of a system that is needed by many. The government is in debt and people like this are what cause programs to be shut down.</div>

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  #3 Emma Boczek on 28 Mar 13

   

  The graphics in this piece were neat enough to keep it interesting, adding rather than distracting from the story itself. I think this brings up an important balance to keep in mind in terms of more interactive web content. Including cool new effects just for the sake of having cool new effects might not be the best way to go, because they could take the focus off the story itself. At the same time, an advantage of these new effects could be to draw readers in to at least absorb some of the story. I'm not sure if this "something is better than nothing" approach is valid or not, but it's something to be considered when experimenting with online stuff.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The graphics in this piece were neat enough to keep it interesting, adding rather than distracting from the story itself. I think this brings up an important balance to keep in mind in terms of more interactive web content. Including cool new effects just for the sake of having cool new effects might not be the best way to go, because they could take the focus off the story itself. At the same time, an advantage of these new effects could be to draw readers in to at least absorb some of the story. I'm not sure if this "something is better than nothing" approach is valid or not, but it's something to be considered when experimenting with online stuff.</div>

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