Monday, November 17, 2008

Rolla Daily News = Convergence?

My hometown news source is The Rolla Daily News (therolladailynews.com), and questioning the convergenceness of the site made me realize how it really isn't very advanced. The purpose was to be a local paper, to give information on things that just matter to our town and county, not to be super hi-tech. People can comment on the articles, but cannot upload photos or anything like that if they are a member. While there are many staff written articles, the majority of the website is consumed by links to articles from bigger news sources, and that is where the broader topics are available - subjects under sports, lifestyle, entertainment, etc... The main newspaper itself is primarily just the written articles and advertisements, nothing too fancy. There are some pictures that go along with the articles, but they are few and far between, poorly placed... I cant find any audio or videos on the site, unless you want to count the moving advertisements, but there are multiple links to sites that contain both. So, I wouldn't say the Rolla Daily News is very convergence friendly... But it has a start with at least giving access to sources that do have audio, video, and more pictures.

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