I found two different articles talking the USA hockey team's win over Switzerland in the Olympic quarterfinals. The first article I read came from ESPN and the second from USA Today. While both articles had the same subject, the multimedia aspects included greatly differed for each.
The article from USA Today was much more bland than the one from ESPN. While the writing itself was good, the USA Today article boasted nothing more than one picture at the top of the article of some USA players celebrating a goal. It also had links on the side of the article allowing readers to post the article to Facebook, Twitter, or other sites to share the article with others.
The article from ESPN on the other hand contained numerous multimedia aspects to further entice readers. Along with the article was a two-minute video that contained an image slide show from the game, commentary about the game's happenings, a chart of game statistics, and game analysis from an ESPN hockey expert. Along with this video, there is also a link to an online chat log from fans that were discussing the game while it was going on as well as a link to the game's box score.
Overall I think the article from ESPN did a much better job of utilizing different types of multimedia to work alongside the article itself. The video gave numerous pictures of the game while the USA Today article contained just one picture. ESPN's article provided a healthy mix of multimedia and words while the other article provided mostly text.
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