Infatisari

I have found the News21 web site while researching possible funding options for my final master’s project. It was interesting for me to discover new initiatives in presenting online content. Since one of my plans is to approach the immigrant issue, the web site has provided me new information I was not aware of. The chapter titled Changing Policy from the Latino America project done by the students from Arizona State University is only one of the stories that have drawn my attention.

A story about a federal program that is set to change how immigrants are hired seams very dry at first. The piece does a good job of explaining the issue, using video, audio and text. The flash platform offers a good way to navigate between the sub-chapters and each of them brings a new and important piece of information. My critique is about the way video is used on the main page of each sub-chapter. I think the auto play works good for the first time you enter the page but once you start navigating it can distract the attention from the content. The on/off sound button it is a good compromise between auto play and a start/pause button. Another critique is about the size of the video player. It made the images difficult to read while the full size button made me navigate away from the page.

Overall I enjoyed flipping trough all the chapters of the project and I have now a better understanding of the pros and cons of E-VERIFY.

Click on the image to see the chapter.