The article is about Kate Ritchie and Stuart Webb’s wedding day and photos, as reported by The Daily Telegraph and posted on news.com.au.
The article describes the closed wedding amongst family and friends on Satruday, while giving background information of the two famous personalities. There is an entire paragraph devoted to Ritchie’s bridal outfit and Webb’s gown suit. It then goes on to describe the wedding event in further detail before concluding with a soundbite from the couple and forwarding their appeal to donate to Camp Quality, a charity organization.
The story is successful because it was short and succinct. For a report on a high-profile celebrity wedding, there’s not much to write about beyond who the couple are, how did the ceremony take place, and the opinions of observers. It would’ve helped if the article had named the sources that described Ritchie as “deliriously happy.”
The online presentation is decent and functional. There are two main images that can be toggled back and forth, and another side image beside the story. There is a ‘Recommend’ button for Facebook users to share the story on the social networking site, and a ‘Retweet’ button for the same purpose, but on the microblogging site Twitter. There is a neat bullet-point summary beneath the main image, with a hyperlink to the picture gallery. It would’ve been more efficient for the user if the gallery was embedded in the main image instead of being hosted on a separate page. There is also a video ad that plays while loading the gallery page, which thankfully has the sound muted and an option to skip the ad given. However, it would be ideal if there wasn’t one in the first place as it might only annoy the reader who has to click the ‘Skip’ link.
There is an embedded video beneath the side image that is a video report from Sky News. All the necessary video controls such as pause, time slider, volume control, and full-screen mode are available. There is a ‘Related Coverage’ sidebar that is left-aligned opposite the video. The two elements squeeze the paragraph into a narrow strip, which while still legible, is a little difficult to read smoothly.
There is a comments box, as well as an entry box to post your own comments. Signing up is not necessary, and there are post options to remember your personal details and email you once the comment is published.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/kate-ritchies-wedding-day-just-perfect-with-stuart-webb-in-wedding-photo/story-e6frfmyi-1225929773717
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