Analysis: News organizations multimedia organizations

BY ANDREW WRIGHT

With the advent of the internet and other advancements in technology, news organizations have  adapted to new ways communication and created new ways to spread information.

The New York Times and Washington Post are two organizations that have adapted and offer several different options for obtaining information.

The New York Times feature their traditional newspaper, website, social media, a magazine section on their website, and a podcast.

The Washington Post offers much of the same options as the New York Times. The Washington Post also offers a traditional newspaper, website, social media, a magazine section, as well as their own podcast.

The two organizations distinguish themselves from others with their podcast. The New York Times podcast, the Daily, is  popular podcast and id featured on the Amazon Alexa. The Post's podcast, Post Reports, is a less widely known podcast to the New York Times and started more recently than the Daily.

With these multimedia options, the New York Times and the Washington Post are able to produce and spread information constantly and quickly. The multimedia of both organizations produce and spread stories, offering consumers a wide variety of options for information.

With their website, newspaper, and social media, the two organizations can spread numerous stories for consumers to read. With newspapers and websites, the New York Times and Washington Post's writings conform to the traditional journalistic writing style because of they are the traditional medium for spreading information.

With social media and podcasts, the way the two organizations present their information is different than the traditional mediums. Social media is much more concise with the information presented. With podcasts, the writing is not the type of medium used to spread information; instead, the podcast host will speak to its listeners to spread information.

The New York Times and Washington Post have adapted to the digital age of information and created numerous ways to spread news through several different multimedia options.

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