Good Multimedia: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/world/canada/euthanasia-bill-john-shields-death.html
The New York Times does an amazing job with this multimedia piece, incorporating words, pictures, and a great 3-minute video to profile why this man has decided to end his own life peacefully. The video is powerful, well-made, interviews family members and friends, and it discusses the circumstances of assisted suicide and how it's an emotionally charged and under discussed topic. I was captivated throughout all the photos and video and thought the New York Times did a fantastic job giving all perspectives on a topic that can sometimes be very political.
Bad Multimedia: https://www.petoskeynews.com/life/multimedia/video-crooked-tree-arts-center-meditative-drawing/video_230abf0e-7bc4-50c8-9a19-bd8385ba68d7.html
I thought this multi-media piece lacked strong audio, narration, and visuals. The visuals oftentimes appeared blurry, and it's obvious that no real microphones were used as the audio quality seemed faded at times, making it hard to hear what they were saying. For a professional news organization, I would expect a more cohesive video piece but this one lacked that. To improve, adding an interview about the meditative drawing with a member, or have a narrator provide some context to the video piece other than the hard-to-hear natural sound and writing piece that accompanied it.
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