I watched a video from nytimes.com about the 50th anniversary of Sputnik's launch. Considering it is a reflective piece and not news with new footage, it was really well orchestrated. It flows well in between interviews from a science reporter at the Times and a man from the National Air and Space Museum. They also layered the audio from these interviews over older footage and stills from Sputnik's launch. Using this historic footage rather than trying to write about what this meant 50 years ago gives the viewer a more real sense of the importance of Sputnik and the beginning of the space race.
The New York Times is one of the only papers to have a regular science section. Based on this video, the times should routinely use multi-media to explain the often complex stories contained with the Science Times section.
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