The story is from BBC News, a site that reports on world wide news and current affairs, and consists of a worldwide audience. I chose BBC News for this assignment because I often use the App version of the site to inform myself on what's going on in the world. I prefer it over many other news sources because I find it's layout and format on it's app very easy and simple to use.
Now, the story is mostly text with two pictures included. The text is describing the story which seems to be very clear, in detail and right to the point. The two pictures are of the people that were involved in the "kidnapping", one having the boy's aunt, and the other having the aunt's colleague that kidnapped the boy, which I thought was very useful as it gave us, the readers, a visual on how everything went down. The only interactivity on the page, is that you are able to share the story on social media via facebook/twitter, but you cannot leave a comment, which I thought was something that readers should be able to do, so that each person reading the story is able to express their opinion on the story and whether they thought it was wrong or right what the family did. There is also no video on the story page, but rather you would have to look for it in a different page of the site, which I thought was a mistake to do that, and instead they should've put everything related to that story in one place to make it easier for the reader. The video basically was a reporter summarizing the article, while it also included an interview of a lieutenant from the sheriff's department that was involved in the case, and what his thoughts were about the situation.
Overall, the I found the page to be lacking in interactivity and correct video placement, but I found it to be good enough for anyone who is just curious and wants to know about the story.
Story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31170169
Video: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31207615
Good job - see Blackboard for your score.
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