For this assignment we were asked to evaluate Professor Lowe's wife Mira Lowe who is the senior editor of features for CNN Digital. She is directly in charge of the entertainment, tech,health,living and travel pages for the website. I liked the different layouts of the pages. I saw more broad stories in the entertainment section unlike at the Herald who posts stories about local shows or other events centered in Miami. I enjoy reading about celebrities and CNN does a nice job of fulfilling that desire.
I was a little confused as to why the tech page was the only one that had a different layout. It leaves the reader with the question of why does this page have to look different from the rest? This is a bad design flaw on CNN's part. It also has a different layout from the home page. I know professor Lowe is a stickler for uniformity across the board, I am curious as to how he feels about the different layout of this page.
Overall I prefer CNN to my assigned beat for the semester. However, this win over my beat should not be celebrated. In regards to the two publications it would be Michael Jordan playing Sheldon Cooper in a game of horse. Almost any publication can out do the Herald because my beat is seriously struggling with their online presence. CNN is well organized and clever. The Herald is lack luster, dull, and boring. I think overall CNN writes interesting articles. In the travel page there is an article about pot, the health page has articles about Viagra. I would never see articles about risqué topics such as that in my beat.
I was a little confused as to why the tech page was the only one that had a different layout. It leaves the reader with the question of why does this page have to look different from the rest? This is a bad design flaw on CNN's part. It also has a different layout from the home page. I know professor Lowe is a stickler for uniformity across the board, I am curious as to how he feels about the different layout of this page.
Overall I prefer CNN to my assigned beat for the semester. However, this win over my beat should not be celebrated. In regards to the two publications it would be Michael Jordan playing Sheldon Cooper in a game of horse. Almost any publication can out do the Herald because my beat is seriously struggling with their online presence. CNN is well organized and clever. The Herald is lack luster, dull, and boring. I think overall CNN writes interesting articles. In the travel page there is an article about pot, the health page has articles about Viagra. I would never see articles about risqué topics such as that in my beat.