Boston Globe Newspaper Readers Might Miss Some of the Best Mixed-media Investigative Journalism from the Spotlight Investigation into Taxis

My friend Clarence Smith, Jr. tweeted out that he thought the Boston Globe was doing "some of the best mixed-media investigative journalism we have seen":

This is some of the best mixed-media investigative journalism we have seen coming out of Boston newsrooms this year—bostonglobe.com/metro/specials…

— BOLD Edition (@boldedition) April 2, 2013

I read that tweet and didn't understand what he was talking about. I'm a Boston Globe subscriber and had been reading the Spotlight report: Driven to the Edge, but was not aware of any mixed-media.

I grabbed the newspaper out of the trash to take a closer look.

Here's how it looks in the newspaper:


Image: Boston Globe Spotlight: Driven to the Edge - Apr 2, 2013, 2-40 PM

Oh.

There it is. In text. Over there on the right. See it?



Seriously?

I missed it.

This is what the #FAIL hashtag was created for.

Following the link brings you to this page:



Obviously has video on it.

And the little INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC image on the left brings you to a pretty cool page too.

The PRINT EDITION needs to do a better job of highlighting multi-media that's online.

I've written about this before:

QR Code Example for Boston Globe Articles

Here's a QR Code for this series online:



Try it. Maybe that would help?

Using some GRAPHICS might also help readers know there are videos and interactive charts online.