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Samuel Rhotenberry

Lindsey Rogowicz

Josh Sanchez
Madeline Schmidt

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Bernanke, Paulson: Congress Must Move Now

This Article was the main story pushed by msnbc.com. The title of the article was placed at the very topmost of the page in the biggest font on the page. Also, it had an accompanying picture to help draw attention along with an orange tab marked "updated". The articles main page talks about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's push for congress to have a speedy decision in the bailout of Wall Street; also there are several videos from Congress itself.

Finland School Toll Hits 11, Including Gunman

The link to this story was located at the top left-hand portion of the msnbc.com homepage. Along with the large font for the title there was also a bright red tab reading "new" to help draw the readers eye. Also, a brief news clip is available with accompanying pictures describing the scenes that played out at a trade school in Finland on Tuesday. A student entered the school with a .22 caliber handgun and bag of explosives and opened fire on a room of testing students, killing 10 before finally ending his own life.

The Money Mess Obama or McCain will Inherit

This story was the only story on the front page that was accompanied by a picture, the one to the right of the text. It also included the patented larger text and the use of the orange tab labeled "updated". Another feature to grab readers was that this story had a short summary of the article on the home page of msnbc.com which led the the full story later on. When on the story's home page you are met with a multitude of videos and pictures to further the story. One video in particular is helpful in describing the situation that either Obama or McCain will face upon taking office and the economic problems they will be dealing with due to the recent Wall Street crash.

3. The main page of msnbc.com does not have links to the most popular/most emailed articles. Although when you enter any article on their page they have a large window with tabs for "most viewed", "top rated", and "most emailed" stories that is easily accesible. All of these stories and videos are also accesible from the "community" tab or the link in the window. Some of the stories included are indeed the top stories on msnbc.com but also include a wide range of topics ranging from "dark flows" in space to pony sized pigs holding people hostage.

4. There seems to be a very large number of blogs easily accesible from the main page of msnbc.com. On the community home page about halfway down is a large section labeled "blogs". It seems to be that most of the bloggers are Msnbc reporters, editorial columnists, and other Msn/Nbc representatives. Among some of the main blogs are "Your Biz", "The Daily Nightly" and the "World Blog".

5. Msnbc.com does indeed have the ability to comment on just about every article on the site. Along with the ability to post there are also extensive message boards on a wide variety of topics for members of msnbc.com to post on and use.

6. Multimedia is a very large part of the content msnbc.com offers to its visitors. A large number of videos and pictures are accessible from the front page along with a number of other interactive features. The video homepage along with the picture homepage are just part of an overall multimedia experience.