This month numerous U.S. governors are giving their “State of the State” addresses to their constituents. In response to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s speech last week, the online staff at the St. Louis Post Dispatch created a video “pop-up edition,” complete with an interactive video console, periodic call-out boxes with complementary information, and a searchable transcript linked to an interactive word cloud. Despite several major bugs in the functionality, I am highly impressed with their attempt to incorporate several innovative features into an otherwise standard video.
Erica Smith, multimedia producer at St. Louis Post Dispatch, has been on a roll this week posting invaluable tips on her blog graphic designr. I just stumbled across this blog within the last week, and I am already highly impressed by the content. Take some time this weekend to go through her posts, you will not be disappointed!
