https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47028102

A news story about the United Arab Emirates being mocked over a tweet announcing the winners of awards for gender balance that features only men.

Print: The text details the story, providing several instances of irony in the statements. Still photos and hyperlinked sentences accompany the text.

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Inactivity: Visitors can share this story on 6 social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, and email. There is a sidebar of other top stories related to world news, and then features following an ad. There is no discussion forum, but there are direct links to related stories and videos. Several ads appear at the bottom of the page.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/30/minnesota-pennsylvania-chicago-weather-us-cold-polar-vortex-hits-mail/2718851002/

A USA Today story about the death toll caused by the extreme cold across the midwest. Local authorities’ reaction to the weather and tips for surviving the record low temperatures are shared in this article.

Print: The article uses hyperlinks in certain words to link related articles. There is a picture of a pedestrian wearing heavy winter clothes after the 5th paragraph. There are two small photo galleries that share pictures of people and animals out in the cold.

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Video: The video can be found at the top of the article and on Youtube. The video complements the article by explaining how the polar vortex works.

Interactivity: Visitors can share this article by e-mail and on 3 social media platforms- Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Visitors can join the comment section of this article by login to facebook. The story shares 7 links to related stories. There is one add above the article’s title and 3 more adds to the right of the article. More adds and links to other non-related stories can be found at the bottom of the page.

Medicare for All emerges as first litmus test for 2020 Democratic contenders

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicare-for-all-emerges-as-first-litmus-test-for-2020-democratic-contenders/

A cbs story about what they talk about 2020 being the year where Medicare for all emerges as the first litmus test.  Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris expressed her support for eliminating private health insurance under a Medicare for All system, provoking judgment from the republicans who accuse the Democrats of trying to monopoly out private heath insurers. 

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Video: one video on arguing wether or not it is sustainable between us and our government people seem to believe that the single payer system will not be achieve able due to funding  and it would not remove private insurers 

Interactivity: This interacts with not only the elderly but every single citizen in the United States health care can either improve or it can get worse.  It tends to involve and help out the people whom may not be able to afford health care for themselves.   

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/disney-plus-streaming-plans-bob-iger-1203120734/

Source title : “Inside Disney’s Daring Dive Into the Streaming World”

Summary: With an ever growing increase in getting afoot in the streaming service era, global giant Disney has announced it’s newest project “Disney Plus”, a new streaming to compete with the likes of Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Set to release by the end of this year, corporate insiders have come out speculating all the strains, changes, and risks in developing not only the quantity but the quality of content associated with the brand for the new platform. The passage skims through the topics of the acquirement of Fox, merging of culture and existing employment of the two brands ( Fox), dangers of high investments, change in infrastructure, handling of existing global brands & distribution ( Marvel & Star Wars), and questionable future profitability.

Print : A large image used for the passage filled with well known Disney properties. The passage is structured with several paragraphs with few quotes sprinkled throughout without the sources being identified.

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Video : There are no videos associated with the central idea of the text but there are several links that may lead to videos associated with other stories.

Interactivity : Visitors of the site may click on links at the top leading to other news segments of the site including tv, music, tech, gaming, theater and real estate. While sliding down the reading, other stories are shown with advertisements to allow viewers to reach other parts of the site. At the top there are social media links in order for viewers to visit other platforms of the site allowing them to comment on stories, leave inputs and share.

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/index.html#/?chapt=1

Dasani’s Homeless life

A true story based on the life of  11 year old homeless girl Dasani living in the “greatest city of the world” (New York City). According to this story we will encounter the reality of her homeless life and the truth behind her upbringing to this day.

Print: Originally printed on the New York Times. The article’s print is printable/accessible via New York Times, New York Post, and City Journal news websites. This article has images highlighting Dasani’s living arrangements showing the truth of the other side to “Manhattan’s Wealth”.

Video: There are videos available, these videos are reporters interviewing Dasani and her family. These videos give us an insight to get to know Dasani better. These videos are found on the New York Times website and Youtube.

Audio: No audio

Interactivity: Students can view the story through New York Times. This story can be shared on 5 different social media platforms, Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Linkedin. There are no ads throughout this article. Up to the right (beginning of article) you’ll see a commentary button where people have access to submit a comment based on the article ( of course one has to be a member). The bottom of the article you’ll see a story to click on which is just continuation of Dasani’s story (there are 5 parts I only did part 1).

Fyre Festival was supposed to be the next being festival that people can come and enjoy the event. If you saw the only ad that was published for this event you would have thought this was paradise, but what was a promise to be a luxury festival turn into a trip to hell. Those people who spent up about 12,780 dollars where expecting have a luxury weekend at the island Exumas in the Bahamas. But the CNN article state that on Thursday the attendees were treated to “mass disorganization, half-built tents, and catered food that was little more than limp cheese sandwiches.” Fyre Festival promoted in the only add video that the attendees were going to get unique food but they did not. A lot of the kids didn’t know how to get back home and know where they were. the festival was a flop and stole a huge amount of money from everyone.

LINK: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/new-beatles-documentary-directed-peter-jackson-lord-rings-fame-n964741

”New Beatles documentary directed by Peter Jackson, of ‘Lord of the Rings’ fame”

This article was published by NBC News on January 30th of the present year by Daniel Arkin, a young reporter from NBC. The article talks about the upcoming documentary based on unseen footage from the last and most famous album recorded by The Beatles. This project will be directed by the famous producer Peter Jackson.

Print: The article contains several links that lead to the official announcement of the documentary on twitter. As well as an interview with Paul McCartney, an ex-member of the boy band talking about the possible release dates. The article contains a photo with the four members of The Beatles, taken in London in 1967. Also, a video-clip is attached to the article with the song Don’t Let Me Down by The Beatles which is part of their last album, the focus point of  the documentary. It is not a long article, however is very specific and detailed.

Audio: There is no audio presented on this article.

Video: There is one video presented on the article which I mentioned before. The video can be found on youtube.com by the name The Beatles – Don’t Let Me Down 

Interactivity: This article gives the visitors the opportunity to share it on other platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Also allows visitors to interact with the official twitter account of The Beatles.

What is the “Digital Divide”?

This is a news video about digital divide and how it is affecting us as a society. They are explaining how the digital divide is caused by people’s income and education. They stress on the importance of equality and how every child should get a chance to learn on a computer.

Print: The print I found was showed in the video. They emphasized important key points, “About half of all Americans are not connected” . I did not see any print outside of the video.

Video: The video was made by Internetforeveryone.org. I was able to find it on youtube.com.

Audio: No audio available.

Interactivity: You can share this video on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Blogger, and Google+