I enjoyed learning about Flash. I was pretty impressed that one particular program was capable of doing so much, especially since every time we have a new assignment, we’re learning some new program. The chapters we were assigned to read did a great job of explaining its different applications, as well as which ones were appropriate to use in which ways. But where the text was really insightful, is in not just explaining when putting together a powerful piece may in fact be untruthful (such as adding music to a video slideshow), but also explaining how utilizing the natural sound and footage you have in create ways can form something just as powerful. It was also interesting learning about Packages, since this is really the idea of convergence journalism I’ve had. And most importantly, it definitely improves some of the old critiques of traditional print and broadcast journalism. People looked to online journalism as a medium with infinite space to not have to cut corners in our news stories, and Flash journalism is the bridge that can turn this possibility into an effective reality. Especially for telling complicated, or continuing stories as the chapters mentioned, these packages can give readers the background or in-depth information to really make the informed decisions they need to.
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