Readers got more than they expected last week when they logged onto the Toronto Star website for breaking news about the alleged plane-bombing plot. Along with words and photos was a link to up-to-the-minute video as events unfolded. This week, video of Bill Gates and others speaking at the International Aids Conference in Toronto was on the site while the event was still happening.
Executive editor Phil Bingley says there will be a lot more of the same in future thanks to a contract the Star signed with the Associated Press last month. The Star will also be producing its own video augmentation of breaking news beginning this fall. As far as Bingley is aware, none of his paper’s local competitors have added video to the arsenal of features with which they’re fighting each other for readers and advertisers.
