Once upon a time, a long time ago (1995ish), I was the webmaster for ITV News in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Back then, one of our challenges was to try and attract viewers to this new medium - the Internet.
One way we found that worked, was to translate our news scripts to html, and include images from the stories. We also experimented with sound, but many people at that time didn't have bandwidth or systems able to play the files.
Stumbling throught the Internet Archive - the Wayback Machine - I came across the first web news story we ever did, a fairly visual piece on the 1995 Millwoods Shopping Mall fire. A bit dated when compared to today's CNN/Reuters stories, or the Blogosphere, but it was cutting edge for its time.Source: Millwoods Shopping Mall Fire, ITV (Internet Archive) Technorati Tags: Television, News, Edmonton, Alberta, Internet, Archive, ITV, Canada
