The Chicago Tribune’s coverage of the Florida primary results on Tuesday was much more in depth than it had been during the Jan. 26 debate. The Trib provided stories for its readers related to the effects of a Mitt Romney’s win on each of the candidates and what is to come for the GOP.
One way the Chicago Tribune amped up its coverage was by explaining how Romney might have won the Florida primary and the future of the elections. For example, in an ad “The Florida primary, by the numbers” the Chicago Tribune provided different figures related to the Florida primary. For example, it spoke about how much money Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich spent on advertising and how many delegates were on the ballot. This article provide information that was short, easy to understand, and informative. However, the one letdown of the Chicago Tribune is the lack of social media and interactiveness on the website. Although readers are able to make comments to different stories through Facebook and Twitter, there was no live tweeting during the voting coverage. In addition, there are very few pictures or supplemental video associated with each story. Before clicking on the story it appears that there will be a picture with it but once the story is clicked on there is no picture. In fact, the only significant social media is a Twitter feed that is linked to the L.A. Times
When comparing the Chicago Tribune’s social media and interactiveness with CBS News, there is a huge difference. The politics page on the CBS News website has large pictures associated with each story. Also, as you scroll down on the CBS homepage there are about six different videos related to the elections.
One way the Chicago Tribune amped up its coverage was by explaining how Romney might have won the Florida primary and the future of the elections. For example, in an ad “The Florida primary, by the numbers” the Chicago Tribune provided different figures related to the Florida primary. For example, it spoke about how much money Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich spent on advertising and how many delegates were on the ballot. This article provide information that was short, easy to understand, and informative. However, the one letdown of the Chicago Tribune is the lack of social media and interactiveness on the website. Although readers are able to make comments to different stories through Facebook and Twitter, there was no live tweeting during the voting coverage. In addition, there are very few pictures or supplemental video associated with each story. Before clicking on the story it appears that there will be a picture with it but once the story is clicked on there is no picture. In fact, the only significant social media is a Twitter feed that is linked to the L.A. Times
When comparing the Chicago Tribune’s social media and interactiveness with CBS News, there is a huge difference. The politics page on the CBS News website has large pictures associated with each story. Also, as you scroll down on the CBS homepage there are about six different videos related to the elections.
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