Forget the Remote, I'm Going Online

摘要

The Columbia Shuttle disaster demonstrated that digital content is simply the best tool available to understand a major unfolding news story. Not just because of its convenience or near real-time delivery, either. Because many organizations already possessed a vast database of Shuttle information, statistics, and history, for many outlets it was simply a matter of organizing existing econtent into useful and engaging micro-sites and then quickly pushing them online. This was not the case, say, on September 11, when news organizations scrambled for architectural plans of the Pentagon or a list of occupants of the World Trade Center. Since these documents were not prepared in advance and available in a database, 9/11 didn't as readily leverage the advantages of digital content.