NEWS WEBSITES FROM SA .
Citypress
Their home page has every section you would find in a newspaper and is more advanced. Links users to every related page, it is comprehensive yet easy to navigate, busy yet clean. Their use of good colour combinations and it ensure that the design is easy to navigate through and things are easy to find on the page that helps the user save time.
The use of blurbs of which entices the readers to read more and the creative writing of leads with highlighted boxes excites the reader which leads them to read more.
While maintaining some connection to their traditional media identity with the flug and organised material and stories broken into smaller chunks, which provides an Index of headline links directing the user to each section.
Multimedia elements-
They incorporated links which provides extra layers of information to stories.
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The use of social networks such as twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/city_press) ,facebook (https://www.facebook.com/citypress.co.za) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/CityPressOnline).
2. SABC
The home page of SABC it’s a full package, everything is provided all the sections from your sports finance and weather. It managed to keep in touch with the usual SABC look that the users know, but very boring. Nothing is eye catching; the design is very traditional and not inspiring. They is a lack of the usage of multimedia, of which is important in this technological world we live in, people want to see actions after reading.
Users can listen to listen to radio while browsing through the website which makes it very interesting (http://www.sabc.co.za/news/f1/311e90004e9c547bb7fdff7da4cd6ad7/Tuesday:-Safm1pm-20130219), and watch TV on the website at any time you wish to (http://www.sabc.co.za/news/f1/3419a7804e8fd70185d5ff7da4cd6ad7/A-sad-day-for-the-Steenkamp-family-20130219).
3. News24
Probably one the best Online News website in the world with a very simple but yet clear homepage. The navigation system is very effective; the user can navigate to any section of their choice. Their sections are very broad, with language options and broad as a magazine.
With a call to action area option where users can communicate and interact with each other, like the search engine, where they can search for what they want and they can purplish , upload their videos or photos and articles . With features like
The incorporation of the links is the best thing in this website, you can navigate to any link and it’s very fast.
Multimedia options excellent, you can view the latest video and pictures very fast. But the design is very dual, which makes it look like there’s too much going on, on the site.
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