Ou est le Swimming Pool proceeding with album release

http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/intl/47796/Details_emerge_on_the_death_of_Ou_Est_Le_Swimming_Pool_singer 


http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/intl/47821/Ou_Est_Le_Swimming_Pool_proceeding_with_album_release

These two stories are follow up stories, to the news that broke last week, of the death of Ou est le swimming pool lead singer Charles Haddon.

The first story works very strong, in providing further details to the initial story. With a hyperlink to the first story, in the opening paragraph, it connects the two stories, creating a fuller image of the details.

Again, as this is the continuation of a topical issue, there has been significant comment interaction form users, who have helped to further develop the story, through their own opinions.

The second story this week, which still develops the initial story, is very relevant to the users of the site. As the band was due to release and album, and tour Australia, the journalist has fully understood the news demands of the sites users, and uses both the online medium and site well for this story.

While the positioning of the story is strong and with the initial story still trending in the top ten read stories by the site users, it appears necessary that this story include a hyperlink back to the original breaking story, which it successfully does.

Working as part of a connection of stories about the issue, this story takes full advantage of the context of this news in an online medium, by including multimedia discussed in the story.

With the multimedia relevant to the news discussed, it works well as a interactive and practical illustration. Also, being a film clip on a dance music news website, this also compliments the stories online environment, and is appealing to readers of the story.

This is a very successful story in sharing news, both through the use of hyperlinks and multimedia, which helps enrich the users understanding of the story.

The positioning of the story on this site has also been crucial, confirming the journalists understanding of the sites users and how they interact with news.

This is an example of how a story can be constructed for an online environment. This story maximises the full use of tools available in an online environment to communicate with users across a number of mediums. Whilst telling the same story, these messages all work together to create a richer experience for the users, who has a better understanding of the story.