Politico’s Multimedia Problems

Politico’s Multimedia page is lacking.

Sure there are a lot of videos and photo galleries, but they’re lacking in something that’s so important to today’s multimedia journalism!

THE AUDIO SLIDESHOW!!!

They have countless videos, photo galleries that are updated weekly, but only 8 Audio Slideshows.

And look at some of their slideshow topics:

Some of these topics are old and outdated. Politico has made only 8 slideshows and never updates this section!

That seems so bizarre to me because the audio slideshow is so popular in the journalism world and it’s such a powerful medium.

All of Politico’s slideshows were made using Sounslides, which all multimedia and photojournalism students learn today. It’s such and easy program that there is no reason Politico shouldn’t be utilizing it.

So I have a proposal to Politico: Hire me to make your Audio Slideshows!!! You really have nothing to lose by hiring me.

 

…wow I didn’t know it could be this easy to get a job after college. If Politico needs multimedia people then think of all the other news sites that need them too. The future is looking brighter everyday!

Obama’s ‘Make or Break Speech’

Tomorrow, Obama will be addressing Congress on healthcare reform and the media is saying that his speech will “make or break” his presidency.

According to The Boston Globe, Obama’s approval rating right now is at it’s lowest it has been during his whole presidency, 53%.

Traditional media sites have been covering the story by using political pundits and op-ed writers who have been making assumptions and giving their own opinions on what Obama is going to say and how it will affect the future of his presidency.

Politico.com, using multimedia to their advantage, complied multiple clips of pundits talking about what they thought about the speech and created a four-minute video out of it. The clips came from big television news networks like: CNN, MSNBC, ABC and CBS. Politico basically gave a quick and simple overview of what everyone was saying about Obama’s speech.

I wish all news would cut the BS and just go straight to the point like Politico did.

Politico.com\’s Pundits on Obama Video