J110—A critique of a multimedia package
I really enjoy reading the multimedia package “A gunman opens fire in your building. What do you do?” on Washington Post Year of Graphics 2016. This is an important topic to be covered as it provides the readers with some useful tips on how to protect themselves when facing active shooters in a building.
This piece of multimedia package presents a good use of multimedia since there are graphics that illustrate what individuals should do when facing gun shooting with the text explaining the actions in a detailed way. Besides, the highlighted texts enable the reader to draw attention to the key idea and enables the reader to learn from the tips quickly when reading the story.
The story itself is newsworthy as the topic allows the readers to practice the actions mentioned in the post to better protect themselves for an uncertain gun shooting. The post is not lengthy which holds the reader’s attention when explaining some important concepts. Meanwhile, I was able to read through the whole story in a few minutes.
The only concern I have about the Washington Post in general is that I need to subscribe to the media platform before I have full access to its stories. In other words, the post I have analyzed is not available to the public which means not every individual can learn the tips that can save life. I believe the media platform should make the post available to the public since everyone should learn how to protect themselves from danger.
Overall, the story is well-organized and easy to follow. Using animations in the post to explain the actions that protect an individual in a gunfire might improve the understanding of the tips.
