The two news organizations I compared for this entry were the Pioneer Press and the Washington Post.
Both multimedia options feature photos, local videos, and national videos.
The Washington Post's multimedia options are certainly greater than the Pioneer Press. The Press, as a local news organization, is more focused on local news. The Post is a national affiliate, and therefore has more news covering the national level.
Multimedia options do a great job of presenting a story through photographs or video instead of words.
The language in multimedia stories is different, it doesn't always have to be past-tense. The captions describe what is going on in the pictures, while still progressing the story forward by saying how that picture relates to what the story is about.
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