Tuesday, March 4, 2008

WNPR: Good Example of Use of Online Medium

The Connecticut Public Radio Station, WNPR, uses the Internet to its advantage. As more people are reading news online and fewer people are listening to the radio, this station has posted its broadcasts online, in an archive format. It uses the Internet to be accessible at all times.

It also has print stories and photos, something that people cannot get from just listening to the radio. The print stories tend to be written scripts of what the audio reports are, so they aren't catered to an online medium in that sense, but because they are broadcast stories, they are brief and to the point. However, the fact that they are brief does not mean that they lack detail. NPR has a reputation of being a good source of news, and it does not lose that reputation on the Web site.

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