The main page of the Orlando Sentinel's video gallery.
The Orlando Sentinel has an average selection of video use in their news coverage. A lot of the video coverage is of local news, events, or tourist attractions. Was I expecting spectacular video use from the Orlando Sentinel? No, but I was pleased with the variety of videos.
On the homepage of the Orlando Sentinel, there is a column of top videos on the left hand side. These videos are compiled of breaking news stories. Some of the videos are from the Orlando Sentinel and others feature video from the Associated Press.
At the top of the Orlando Sentinel homepage is a tab for videos and it takes you to the video gallery. All of the videos in the gallery are split into two main categories: top videos or featured videos. The top videos are the same ones from the homepage. The featured videos are split into categories such as: Trayvon Martin shooting, sports videos, entertainment, crime, business, and etc. All of the videos in each of those categories has a video that is done by the Orlando Sentinel. None of the videos have a text story that goes along. There is just a couple sentence blurb about the video.
The Orlando Sentinel uses video in a local of event coverage. They cover entertainment events, sports events, and also tourist events. I like this because readers can actually see what is going on, instead of just reading about it. The videos add a lot of context to the events. One of my favorite categories under the featured videos was the tourism/theme parks one. I think that using video for a topic like that is extremely useful and easy to look at.
I think that the video gallery would be stronger if there were stories attached to each video. I think having both gives the story a more well-rounded feel to it. I like the variety of videos that the Orlando Sentinel had. I wish that they would cover more breaking news pieces with video coverage.
On the homepage of the Orlando Sentinel, there is a column of top videos on the left hand side. These videos are compiled of breaking news stories. Some of the videos are from the Orlando Sentinel and others feature video from the Associated Press.
At the top of the Orlando Sentinel homepage is a tab for videos and it takes you to the video gallery. All of the videos in the gallery are split into two main categories: top videos or featured videos. The top videos are the same ones from the homepage. The featured videos are split into categories such as: Trayvon Martin shooting, sports videos, entertainment, crime, business, and etc. All of the videos in each of those categories has a video that is done by the Orlando Sentinel. None of the videos have a text story that goes along. There is just a couple sentence blurb about the video.
The Orlando Sentinel uses video in a local of event coverage. They cover entertainment events, sports events, and also tourist events. I like this because readers can actually see what is going on, instead of just reading about it. The videos add a lot of context to the events. One of my favorite categories under the featured videos was the tourism/theme parks one. I think that using video for a topic like that is extremely useful and easy to look at.
I think that the video gallery would be stronger if there were stories attached to each video. I think having both gives the story a more well-rounded feel to it. I like the variety of videos that the Orlando Sentinel had. I wish that they would cover more breaking news pieces with video coverage.
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