Slideshow Article

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/25/travel/20091025-villa-slideshow_index.html

This feature article is based on travel. It picks a a town in Colombia, Villa de Leyva and exposes it to the public. Since it is a feature article and not and informative article it doesn’t use the inverted pyrymid, for all the information is as important. There is no highlight or important point. I find the organization in this article scattered around, there is no specific order. There is an opening statement but no ending statement, “A carriage takes tourists across the plaza of Villa de Leyva.” I think the author should end with a stronger statement, that concludes the article.

This article is very creative. I like the way the author uses the slides with pictures and some text. It really caught my attention and I found it less boring , than regular articles. Eventhough it was entertaining, I felt the author didn’t get his point across. First of all what was his purpose? He talked about Villa de Leyva and things that you can do and go on in that town, but what does he want us to do with this information? I feel like the author throws out information, without connecting it or explaining it. After reading the article I was like and so what?

The idea of the pictures and slideshow is great, but I feel he has to further develop his ideas. If he wants to talk about colonial Colombia then be more specific and give more information so the reader can infer his point.