Thursday, October 8, 2009

‘Talking to the Taliban’

HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Kaitlin D. sent this link from the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail about the Taliban.

Here are Kaitlin’s comments: “While searching for an example of multimedia journalism, I stumbled upon “Talking to the Taliban,” as well as the story I chose. I found the Web site for this particular piece of journalism to be outstanding. Not only are there plenty of videos to keep me interested, but I loved how organized it was. There was so much information, yet it was neatly compiled according to the date it was written and further categorized into an introduction and parts one through six. There was also plenty of photographs and even maps and graphics to explain what the text said. I was thoroughly impressed with the organization and level of commitment this project clearly took. It is definitely not something that was put online quickly. It seems to have been very well thought out. And, as is the objective of journalism, it also taught me a lot. It gave me a deeper insight into the Taliban as well. Overall, I thought this was an exceptional piece of multimedia journalism. It also won an Emmy, so I assume I am not the only one who found it very thought provoking and outstanding. :)