Monday, September 12, 2005
Former CNN War Correspondent Hired by Yahoo!
Source: Business Newswire Yahoo! Inc.today announced the launch of Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone, a global news initiative that will offer an unprecedented view of armed conflict throughout the world. On September 26, veteran war correspondent Kevin Sites will embark on a year-long journey as a solo journalist to cover every armed conflict in the world. This initiative will bring some of the world's most important, yet under-reported, stories exclusively to Yahoo!'s global audience, and aims to set new standards for gathering, delivering and telling these important stories.Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone will bring together the best elements from traditional news media such as newspapers, television and radio by combining the key components of a multimedia news experience including text, video, photos, audio and user interactivity into one media platform. Depending on the nature of the story, the news will be delivered in the form of articles, packaged broadcast-style video segments, broader feature stories, unedited video footage, photos, and live video and audio feeds to provide a comprehensive view of each area of conflict.
"Yahoo! News is proud to provide Kevin Sites with the platform to tell these very important stories," said Lloyd Braun, head of Yahoo!'s media group. "By marrying video, audio, text stories and photos into a unique and interactive news experience, Yahoo! will allow the user to become personally invested in Kevin's journey."
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