Example of New Media
This article is a restaurant review with little text but 11 pictures. The colorful, thoughtful pictures display everything from the restaurants dining room, to their cheese and meat display, to actual dishes. In an article that focuses on something so sensory as dining at a restaurant sometimes words just can’t aptly describe the atmosphere that the diner will experience. SD26 is a restaurant that was opened by Tony May and his daughter Marissa May. Tony was the general manager of the famous New York establishment Rainbow Room for twenty years. This article also encourages readers to post comments of their experiences in the both the new and old restaurants of May. Because this restaurant is in New York City it is most likely expensive, this forum of opinions of other diners could help people make the decision of if they would like to go to this restaurant or not. For restaurant reviews, this way of reporting could really be more useful than the old way of reporting, or at least a great supplement to traditional restaurant reviews. Before the internet restaurant reviews in the newspaper may have only had one black and white photo. This article also provides links to other restaurants in the area and a link to a full travel guide of New York City restaurants.
Another example of new media is also on the New York Times website called Pulse by Karin Nelson, this series of nine pictures shows gift ideas for those on one’s holiday list that are the tough ones to shop for. This slide show is accompanied by brief paragraphs that explain the photo and why the gift would be appropriate and whom it would be appropriate for. So though there is not a succinct flowing story, the writer gets their points across very clearly with a beautiful color photo to accompany it. These little bits of information are quick to read and easy for the reader to comprehend which is what most people want to have. The New York Times gives excellent examples of new media that set the bar high for other newspaper websites.
