Audio supplements are a no brainer for journalists
Posted by matt on 11 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Newspapers, journalism, podcasting
In a tragic event today, Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle’s plane crashed into a New York building.
I was impressed by the NYTimes.com coverage, in particular the audio which accompanied the text stories.
Reporter Joe Drape did a three minute audio piece from the 72nd street scene and it was up in minutes.
I’ve been pushing for our reporters to add audio supplements to their stories.
It’s easy to do, on demand, and informative.
Plus, it takes only a couple minutes to call it in, especially when a reporter cannot get to a laptop to add a blog post, even if they were so inclined.
I personally think this should have taken off long ago. I first suggested it to our Interactive General Manager about four years ago, as a way for coaches to call in local sports scores and stats.
Perhaps it will become commonplace now that podcasting is all the rage.
