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nytimes.com and Flight 1549

by billdoskoch on Thu 15 Jan 2009 08:53 PM EST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

I liked how nytimes.com has handled the crash of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River:

They lead off with a great info-photo (with text and inlaid map) that leads into a flash animation showing the chain of events. There's also a multimedia section with prominent links to video and (this is important) of reader-submitted photos.

There are two main stories and a link to their City Room blog for updates (last one at 8:45 p.m. ET; I'm writing this at 8:52 p.m.), eyewitness views, and for people to leave comments.

There's an email link to send in photos and a link to a statement from U.S. Airways.

A very solid treatment of a major breaking news story!

One complaint: There's no separate page for the lead-off photo-animation.

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