ONLINE VIDEO- Jenny Barrett

I watched a video on New York Times' website called The High Line: Midair Oasis.  This video story was about a new park west of Manhattan built on an elevated railroad structure.  Because this was such an unusual project, I don't think it would have made sense as an audio or text story.  The video created an image of the park that was very different from the image I had created in my head.  Using video also allowed the journalist to talk to many different sources without constantly using names, which would have been confusing.  I liked  that I was able to hear from about 7 different people in the community about both the park and the process of getting the park.  The story would have been a complete mess in any other format.