Today in a CAR class we took a look at a recent Chicago Tribune story about
toxic toys because while the story had a nice infographic portrayal of how toxic some toys were, the rest of the story was a better read online. The videos of the lab and scrapping Godzilla's back for paint chips worked better than a still photo. The Trib had gone back and set up a sort of retro-package on the web that brought together a set of four stories from the past six months that all dealt with some kind of product that was unsafe for children. The web let them connect links to lots of sidebars and links. Though I thought of it as "retro-package" it was an ongoing process of news that was involving, like what Jan Shaffer talks about in her NAA.org piece.
Heading into the future, news becomes less of a concrete deliverable – a story or package of stories occupying some form of real estate online or on the printed page – and it becomes more of an ongoing process of imparting and learning about information. The process of involvement in the news, whether it’s an interactive consumption or a proactive creation, becomes as important as the output. Look at how the processes of posting, commentary, aggregation, reaction and translation contributed to the creation of h2otown, GlobalVoices and BlogHer. |
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