New media journalism is all about getting there, gathering and reporting as much information to the public as fast as possible. Integration of different forms of media, sound clips, video clips, etc. makes this form of journalism the most robust form of news reporting in modern times. The prevalence of cameraphones has made it so that regular citizens are putting their perspectives out there for everyone to see. The biggest news outlets might not have the most relevant news to you, and so they are turning to their audience to help them scoop the other stations. They ask for you to call in with your stories, or comment on their blogs or submit your own videos.
Each site that I compared over the course of the term has a different demographic of viewers. The Huffington Post crowd is internet and world news savvy. Each post is accompanied by a photo, and usually a video, and beyond the content followed by hundreds of opinionated comments, and viewers are interacting with the authors and other readers. NCPR.org is regional/local + national. Each story is accompanied by a sound clip from the radio broadcast and possibly a small image. While there is a place for a comment for each news story there isn't much action in these sections. North Country Now is similar to NCPR in that it is local/regional. The stories seem to be even more focused on the Canton and Potsdam area, most stories are just text, few have accompanying photos. For large events there might be extra content such as a slide show or video. The New York Times is a national news site, the writing and photography is the most professional of all of the compared sites. The stories are more indepth, there are more photos, usually a slide show or video and a place for comments. NYTimes gets many comments per story, but the comments sections aren't a main focus as they are at the Huffington Post site.
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