Monday, June 13, 2011

University of Illinois's campus crime site gives readers the story - their own | Michael Miner on Media | Chicago Reader

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In response to these concerns, Meyer's students created the site, which offered a wealth of information so creatively that the site won a Mark of Excellence award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Last month an enhanced version was rolled out. I got a heads-up from Ramzi Dreessen, a Chicago junior who made repeat trips back to school after the semester ended to keep working on the revamped site. He pointed me to a short introduction to the site that tells visitors that they're encountering "a 21st-century technique—non-linear storytelling" that's designed "to maximize reader involvement" and allow them "to reach their own, personally relevant conclusions.

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