Improved online news publishing: Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit By the BBC

News Story by the BBC. 


 

  • Implementing Hyperlinks: A Link to the “COP30 climate summit” should go to a website on the summit, its goals, and its importance. Words such as “Carbon” and “biodiversity” could have other linkages to definitions. Despite being easy for most people to comprehend, news writing should be intelligible to everyone, thus some people may not know what these terms signify.

 

  • Multimedia Utilization:
    • Multimedia could strengthen the narrative. A professional or eyewitness interview would improve the experience. The BBC has posted a video on the subject featuring Claudio Verecete‘s interview conducted at 0:40mn into the video, a man directly affected by the construction. The photo of the man in the article could be replaced by the interview video. A film could be more dynamic and in this context could tap further into the Human interest value and make people more empathetic and involved in the story:
      • Link of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYtmc2JPIfM&t=5s
      • Where it should be implemented (replacing the photo):

    • The Brazilian president is mentioned in the article, but his name is not given. A picture or interview could increase interactivity.
      • Example of the picture that could be implemented: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the area of Parque da Cidade, the venue that will host the COP 30:

      • Where it should be implemented:

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