Audio Podcast: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=170997646&m=171006079
Episodes like this from NPR’s podcast ‘All Things Considered’ are effective on so many levels. For one, the title hooks you in. Superbugs? Robots? A picture of a hospital room? I know I’m not the only one who likes finding out things that may potentially gross me out, and All Things Considered knows too. The ominous hospital sounds weaved into the narration make the podcast just creepy enough while not going over board since the gross stuff is ultimately getting resolved. Entertaining.
Video: http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/01/28/theater/100000002029582/in-performance-gia-crovatin-.html
Although visually-simple, this two-minute-long video keeps the viewer’s attention in a uniquely raw way. Even without music or shot variety, you can’t look away as Gia Crovatin burrows her eyes into the camera. The fervor in her voice and the passion in her eyes as she delivers her defiant message almost tricks your brain into thinking you’re watching some inspirational commercial, only to remember at the very end that she’s performing a monologue. I watched it twice.
Interactive Feature:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/30/sunday-review/2012-year-in-pictures.html?ref=multimedia
This slideshow is from the New York Times website, showing the ‘best’ pictures from 2012. It not only hooks viewers in with an excellent collection of photos, but keeps them there by offering slideshows from previous years on the same page for viewers to bounce around. The captions on each photo are informative while still remaining small and digestible to make sure the viewer keeps clicking with fluidity.
Photo Slideshow:
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/02/grand-central-terminal-turns-100/100451/
Despite having 38 photos, Atlantic Magazine’s gallery commemorating Grand Central Terminal’s 100th anniversary holds viewers’ attentions with no problem. The selectivity and rarity of the photos make the collection of photos captivating. The slideshow of images begins in 1908, the year of it’s construction, and finishes at present day.