Glad the parents went to NY the day AFTER this happened.

Through the past few days while I have been scrambling to get my blog ready for grading, I have kept seeing articles about the terroist attempt in Times Square. Each day, more and more, are added to the articles. As a grand finale, the media coverage on this event will be discussed. Everytime I go back to the New York Times website I am thrown into different articles relating to this attempt. One was when it happened, it showed the video of the suspected victim. The next was how they got the bomb out of the smoking SUV. Today, it is photographs of the house the victim lived in. Then, about three hours later, that same suspect is admitting to playing a role in the terroist attack. All of these occurences were seperate headlines at one point on the New York Times website.

1. I find it amazing how quickly new articles are being published to the web about an ongoing story. I think this definetly shows the strength that online journalism has gained. Who knew that this would be possible to have a different headline in a matter of hours.

2. The packaging for this entire incident has become astonishing, in a good way. You can click on any of the articles that relate to it and are able to link yourself to any other article that relates to it. This is another strength of online journalism. There are so many layers, and you are the navigator on what you would like to learn about the subject. There is also a slideshow attached, a media graphic that shows how the bomb was laid out in the car, and a video from the Department of Justice.

3. A weakness maybe, however, can there ever be too much information thrown at you all at once? This may be one of the online journalism's down falls. I feel that after searching for articles on that I would like to blog about, it seems hard to find something that doesn't relate to the attempted bomb. This is still something I am not entirely sure about. I think it is wonderful to have access to so much information concerning something like this, but already in three days, I feel that it is getting old.

4. Thank goodness my parents flew out the day after. :)