The Orlando Sentinel had little to choose from when it came to profiles. Either the profiles were too short or they were taken from another news source. I did come across one profile that caught my eye from 2009. It was about a local man who lives in the Dover Shores neighborhood who was laid off of his job in 2008. He used to install fire-alarm systems in buildings across Central Florida.
 
Victor Rivera, 45, was laid off after three years at the same company. He lives with a roommate in an apartment that they both rent. Rivera was very unsure about when his job would be back or when he would find another job. Rivera shortly found a job, with the help of WorkForce Central Florida at a library stocking shelves with books. He makes $12 more a week compared to his unemployment check. He makes sure that all of the lights are off in the apartment and that everything he buys is accounted for. He always knows the balance in his bank account.

Rivera also suffers from health problems. He has ruptured his appendix and has had fluid in his lungs. Rivera doesn't have health insurance, therefore he can't afford to see a doctor. He tries to give blood as much as possible, so that his blood pressure is checked. Rivera doesn't know when a job will appear again, but he does have hope.

I thought that this was a great profile. It really showed how someone was affected by the recession. The reporter highlighted Rivera's thoughts on the situation and how he felt about it as well. I felt like I knew a lot about Rivera. There was good background information about his job, his home, and also his family. I also liked all the details about he tries to save every penny by watching everything that he does. The details really painted a picture and focused on the "show, don't tell" method of profiles. The only downside about this profile was that it wasn't newsworthy. He didn't happen recently, but I did like the way it was written.

I also searched the website to see if a follow-up story was done, but I couldn't find one. I think that the Orlando Sentinel should do a follow-up to see if Rivera has a full-time job again.

The Orlando Sentinel could somewhat care less about the Super Bowl, and so could I. I am not a football fan at all, but I do enjoy watching the commercials and half-time show. The Sentinel did keep updating the story throughout the game,which score changes and statistics. The Sentinel also had a video from the Associated Press, which focused on the game and the power outage.

The Sentinel did some leading-up to the game coverage. The day before there was a story written about the different places in Orlando that were throwing Super Bowl parties. The Sentinel did not really have a lot to say about the Super Bowl in general. The main story after the game was done by the Baltimore Sun. The story focused on the Raven's season and how Ray Lewis ended his career
with a Super Bowl victory.

Along with the article by the Baltimore Sun, were picture galleries from the game. The pictures
were of the fans celebrating at the actual game in New Orleans, to fans celebrating back in Baltimore. The one thing that was not mentioned at all in the Sentinel's coverage of the Super Bowl was the half-time show. Beyonce put on a great performance and the Sentinel didn't even post a
video of it. They did however write an article about the Puppy Bowl. I thought that Beyonce should have gotten more recognition from the Sentinel because she is such a popular performer and during the performance, Destiny's Child was reunited on stage.

I figured that the Sentinel's coverage was not going to be great. Their team or even a team from
their own state was not in the game, so I think that they decided to sit this one out. With the football season coming to a close, this just means baseball is right around the corner. Here is to warmer weather and the sweet smell of summer coming.

The Orlando Sentinel did a decent job of covering the inauguration yesterday. Most of the coverage however was not done by the Orlando Sentinel. They used videos and photos from other news sources like the Associated Press and the Chicago Tribune. I will give them credit for having the inauguration be their main story throughout the day, while other news websites did not.

The main story on the homepage was a video of Obama's speech and then a two-page story that accompanied it. The story covered Obama taking his oath, some reactions from the crowd, and what the future holds for the President. Since the inauguration did take place on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I thought there would be an article that focused on the connection between the two leaders. In the two-page story, MLK Day was briefly mentioned when Obama took his oath. Obama had his hand on two bibles; one from President Abraham Lincoln and the other from Martin Luther King Jr. 

The Orlando Sentinel also had tabs on the top of the homepage which consisted of a MLK tab and an Inauguration 2013 tab. The MLK page consisted of a photo gallery of about eight pictures. The pictures were of Martin Luther King Jr and his family and friends. I did assume that there would
be a story to go along with the pictures, but there was not. 

The Orlando Sentinel did post video coverage from other news sources. They had the performances of Beyonce, Katy Perry, and Kelly Clarkson covered. They did post a really nice video, which was taken from the Chicago Tribune, of the whole inauguration summed up into a one minute video. It included the set-up of the day till the take down of the event. Also there was a photo gallery which had pictures from throughout the day as well as pictures from some of the inauguration balls. The Sentinel also had Obama's speech typed out word for word, which was nice to be able to read.

Overall the Orlando Sentinel had good coverage of the event, but not a lot was original coverage. I also did not really like the layout of the coverage. It seemed to be all over the website instead of one specific area.

I was assigned to cover the Orlando Sentinel for #loweclass. After reviewing the website I found that it covered a lot of different news categories. There were tabs for all the different sections, like a normal news website would have. The website has many different components to it as well.

The overall design of the website is pretty plain and simple. The website has very little color except for the pictures and videos. There are 11 tabs at the top of the homepage which cover: entertainment, business, sports, weather, local, life/family, health, travel, opinion, and videos. Each of the tabs have subtabs below them which give more topics about that specific category. This makes the information very easy to use. If you have a general idea of what you are searching for, the tabs and subtabs really help. There is also a search bar if you are looking for something very specific as well. The main story on the homepage contains a picture or video that fills up about a third of the page.

There is a lot of use of technology throughout the website. There are two different categories of
videos along the side of the homepage. There are popular videos and top videos. There is also a little tab right next to the top story that involves breaking news. The tab has the headlines of the breaking news stories. Overall the technology on the website seems pretty basic, and there is nothing spectacular about it.

The actual content of the website seems like most news websites. The categories are basically the same and the Orlando Sentinel also offers news from all over. It contains local news coverage as well as national and world news. At the very bottom of the homepage, there is a section called El Sentinel, which contains stories in Spanish. I believe that the Orlando Sentinel gives all the necessary components of a news website, but just in a very basic way. There is no wow factor to it. Besides all the basic elements, there are many ads on the website as well. There are ads along the
side of the website underneath the videos. There are ads on most websites, but I just find them distracting and annoying.

Overall the site seems very easy to use, but very basic as well. I am excited to cover the Orlando Sentinel, but was just hoping there would be more pizzazz and color to it.