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Records/CAR

In the Frontline story Poisoned Waters, The records that they needed for this story had to do with water reports and water records. They include stats on safe drinking levels and drinking contaminants. There are interviews and discussion but analysis is also done by the reporter. It is displayed in different links, where each area is reported on such as, "Weren't our waters supposed to be cleaned up years ago." which leads to a video and more links about water pollution. The computer skills the reporter probably needed to do this reporting would include an understand of how videos are embedded (how long they can be or good shots for a small screen, etc.) in order for the video to look good once it has been embedded on the website. Also, they probably have to know how to analysis records and report them in a way that people can understand. Also having an understanding of how photos look when posted on the web (resolution, etc.) would be helpful for this project.

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