The Oregonian's use of multimedia in a recent post about Cycle Oregon, an annual bike race through the Beaver State, was less than interesting. While the content was intriguing and the interviews were captivating, the story that accompanied the video was concise and unenthused.
While browsing for multimedia content featured on OregonianLive, my initial search brought back short video clips from 2008. Not very up to date.
After a thorough search of the homepage, the extensive sports coverage led me to the Cycle Oregon video. Doug Beghtel's video shows a variety of participants and their reasoning for participating, but it does not cover much about the race itself and it's impact on the surrounding communities.
While I commend The Oregonian for picking something and sticking to it, their sports coverage becomes overwhelming to what should be a variety of news stories. For guaranteeing the "Latest Videos in News, Sports, Politics, Weather & More," the Oregonian can improve it's subject development.
While browsing for multimedia content featured on OregonianLive, my initial search brought back short video clips from 2008. Not very up to date.
After a thorough search of the homepage, the extensive sports coverage led me to the Cycle Oregon video. Doug Beghtel's video shows a variety of participants and their reasoning for participating, but it does not cover much about the race itself and it's impact on the surrounding communities.
While I commend The Oregonian for picking something and sticking to it, their sports coverage becomes overwhelming to what should be a variety of news stories. For guaranteeing the "Latest Videos in News, Sports, Politics, Weather & More," the Oregonian can improve it's subject development.