Screen Shots from top news sites around the nation and world taken at 1:50pm – 1:58pm, moments after agencies monitoring the vote revealed that it could not pass. Traders in NY watching CNBC’s vote coverage immediately began selling off equities and buying up Treasury Bills. The Dow Jones Industrial Average responded by dropping 600 points before bouncing and settling down 777.68 points at the close of market trading. This post shows how the newspaper and news sites anticipated and reacted to this EXTREMELY IMPORTANT vote.
Some Good. Some Not So Good. There Should Be Breaking News Notices On All Sites.
As can be predicted, The Wall Street Journal covered this well. They have a breaking news banner across the entire webpage drawing attention to the incident. Good Job.
The New York Times puts the story in their main table on the front page. They don’t draw attention to it with colorful banners but it is the biggest headline. Ok job.
CNN has a Breaking News banner across the entire web page. They also have the developing story in the first column. They make it really obvious that there is something big going on and that you should read. Excellent Job.
Washington Post apparently has poor advertising support on their home page and this detracts from the main story which is… “difficult vote”? looks like WPO is in need of a site redesign. Poor Job.
USA Today doesn’t call particular attention to the crisis, but their clean layout makes the story easy to spot. OK Job.
NJ.com’s 3 column layout makes it really difficult to put BIG headlines, instead we get a medium sized picture. OK Job.
NPR has a small breaking news announcement capping the story below it. The story is composed of text and supporting audio clips. Good Job.
BBC news has one of the best breaking news widgets. They grab your attention with the Breaking News image and direct you to their story next to it. Additionally, the “Latest” banner above those stories scrolls updated, clickable, headlines every 6seconds. Excellent Job.
Yahoo Homepage acknowledges the failed bailout plan, but again does not draw particular attention to it. OK Job.
Google News blows it completely. Despite the fact that the page claims it is “updated continuously”, the Auto-generated timestamp tells us it hasn’t been updated in 16minutes. FAIL
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I would like to be able to go back in time and see all the newspapers, but this is a good representation. That washington post site looks like crap by the way.