Nick's Comm 303 Blog

I decided to cover a package that is within an article on The Washington Post’s web site about the Washington Capitals and their three-game skid.

There are five lateral tools that accompany this article.

1. A video from Washington Post Live with Tarik El-Bashir talking about the Capitals’ six remaining games on CSN.
2. A link to a Q and A with staff writer Thomas Boswell inviting readers to ask Boswell questions about “the NCAA Tournament, March Madness, Nationals Spring Training, Stephen Strasburg, the rest of Major League Baseball, the Caps, Redskins and his latest columns from Spring Training.”
3. A link to Tarik El-Bashir’s “Capitals Insider”,  a blog that deals with inside information about the Washington Capitals.
4. There is a comment section that accompanies the article allowing readers to comment on the article.
5. There is a widget within the article that takes the reader to links to the article showing who is blogging about it.

I liked the video accompanying the article and the link to the Capitals Insider. I thought these were good ways to give readers more information about the team in different mediums.

I wouldn’t have clicked on the Q and A, but that’s because I don’t ever look at Q and A’s because I don’t find them interesting or insightful.