As cliché as it may sound, a picture is worth a thousand words and may even be worth a thousand votes. Yahoo displays pictures from the Associated Press that correlate with current events and latest news going on nationally and internationally. And viewers can vote on how great these photos are and they can e-mail them to as many people as they please.
I remember looking at picture of a man who could barely fit into a regular size chair at an airport and then when I clicked on the caption, it described how obesity is a growing problem in the U.S. The text and visual go well together. Readers can read and see how big the problem is.
It’s becoming more frequent for news to become more than just text, but also moving into a visual aspect.
USA Today has a photo gallery which is organized in different news categories like breaking news, sports, celebrities and even space. The category, the day in pictures, are some of the most moving pictures I have ever seen as it depicts issues from the war in Iraq to protests going on in the nation’s streets.
The Florida Times-Union has community photos submitted by Jacksonville residents, as well, as pictures taken by reporters. This gallery displays local events and daily activities.
Some newspapers do not make their photo galleries as visible as USA Today and The Florida Times-Union's in their homepage. It’s a shame because sometimes pictures are able to convey descriptions that words can’t emphasize. They can fill in the missing holes that words leave behind.
An article may be limited in how much words are written, but pictures can take up a lot more meaning.
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