HOME PAGE: Both newspapers have an appealing and enticing home page, filled with pictures that go along with stories. Stories at the top of the page deal with the entire nation and national politics, such as what the president is doing, war news, and information on space work, which will continue to fascinate people for years to come on USA Today's website. The Boston Herald posts more local stories at the top of the page, including news about the cities sports team, and other more local news. USA Today draws a more wide based group of people in, posting a picture with nearly every other headline. There are less categories to go through and the stories focus less on any particular area but more universally focuses on the world at large. Boston Herald focuses primarily on Boston and only attracts readers from the Boston area. There are much fewer national stories and almost no international stories, although the site does attract younger people looking to follow sports and celebrities. USA Today focuses more on the national and international front and it attracts anyone who is more interested in looking at the world as a whole.
AN ACTUAL STORY: The story is easy to read and a picture is usually included with ads running down the side on USA Today. I did not find it easy to reach the comments but it is most probable that people more inclined to find them would find it very simple or that my computer was simply not working right. The Boston Herald had fewer adds running down the side but no picture was included with the story although links were provided for related stories. It was very easy to comment on the story and the story was very current. Overall the story was relatively well presented.
OVERALL: Overall, navigation was relatively simple on both sites. USA Today had more people pictures and general news on it, but The Boston Herald was easier to be involved with and probably attracts the attention of younger people in the Boston Area more easily. Personally, I would be more inclined to read USA Today, but I am more interested in politics then sports and entertainment.
To view:
The Boston Herald: http://www.bostonherald.com/
USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/
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