The NY Times - Quality at it's best.

A little late but worth the wait.

A review on the NY times showed me that they do everything well, whether it be their short, informational articles or their more in depth, multimedia articles. All are organized well and cater to the readers needs.

My first article was about the TV anchor in Arkansas that died of "Beating Wounds" and although meaty, it was a bit short but i think that is mainly because not much is known of the case yet. There was a good flow of info and was obviously organized in inverted pyramid style which provided the reader with what was most interesting first off. the quotes from the victim's parent's display emotion which keeps the article from being too cold or generic which contributes to the story telling of the piece. Overall, it was well written and gave you the info quickly.

The second article i took a look at was "For some in the Military, Danger is Seen Off Duty" by Sarah M. Richards which was about armed forces individuals dying in motorcycle crashes when they're off duty. This article also had good organization yet seemed more informative than personal in comparison to the previous article. I believe that this is only because it's on a broader subject matter than an individuals occurrence. there was a good and vast flow of beneficial info from how many have died, to which armed force they were in, to what program is being developed to prevent the deaths. There were many different informative facets to this article which made it seem credible and interesting to read even if the subject wasn't related to anything in the readers life. there were also good examples of real people that currently fall into the "at risk" category and good forms of storytelling throughout.

The last article i looked at was a multimedia PowerPoint called "A Retirement Chasing Butterflies" (see photo above) which was about an retired gentleman who has devoted 14 summers to chasing and classifying different species of butterflies. One element that stuck with me was the fact that it was a personal story of one man's life after retirement from a company and desire to do something completely different than the job he left behind. The photos in the PowerPoint gave a face to the story being told and served as an emotional appeal. I honestly feel that pictures make you think more deeply about the subjects that the article is about because a photo proves to your mind that there is a "real" person going through this. the only thing i would say was a weakness was that there wasn't that much info about the subject and i would have liked to have seen more pictures. Perhaps that's just because I'm a visual person but there are lots of others like myself.

overall, the website was organized well and i think it was very easy to navigate without being annoyingly like an advertisement site. MUCH better than the huffington post, but i wouldn't expect any less.