A review of the Daily Beast

Multimedia news packages come in all shapes and sizes these days. To have a successful package, you need audio, video, images, and graphics. Also, you need to attract readers. One news package that has all of these factors and is popular is what is known as ‘The Daily Beast.’ The Daily Beast is associated with Newsweek magazine but pulls articles from all other news agencies. Its opening page seems cluttered at first, but for the blogger savvy young folks it takes only a few minutes to become adjusted to The Daily Beast’s bark and bite. The interesting (and convenient) thing about the Beast is this; it has a section called the “The Cheat Sheet” which is a one-stop shop for the latest breaking news. It’s like a news ticker that is constantly updated by the legions of bloggers that work for the beast.

All of the latest breaking news is in the cheat sheet, its caption even explains its purpose “must reads from all over.” From all over is right, with a few clicks of the mouse you are guided to CNN, ESPN, ABC, NBC or other affiliates of the Daily Beast. The refreshing thing about the daily beast is that it doesn’t necessarily promote its parent news organization (Newsweek) it takes information from all over, and attributes it to them.

There are other facets of the beast that make it a great news source. The sections reading across the top go as follows: home, politics, business, innovation, entertainment, beast TV, books, art, and women in the world. My personal favorite is Beast TV. Beast TV is the latest news in regards to television, recently they had posts about the upcoming season of Mad Men. These articles provide background on your favorite TV characters as well as reviews of all the new premium cable shows.

The Daily Beast also has a ‘photo of the day’ posted at the bottom of their crowded homepage, along with other galleries and a section labeled ‘Art Beast’. These galleries are user friendly and easy to navigate, left and right arrows on either side of the page allows you to navigate through the photo galleries without going to a separate page. To an impatient college student who wants his information at the snap of a finger, the Daily Beast is an excellent website to get accurate and timely news.

News isn’t the only facet of the Daily Beast, the entertainment and technology sections discuss the cutting edge of celebrity gossip and the latest in technology. Its an eye opening experience visiting the Daily Beast, it is for the more refined young professional. It’s a perfect mix of the maturity and accuracy of the New York Times but the fun and entertaining side of Access Hollywood, but without Billy Bush, which is a good thing. The Daily Beast should be viewed as the future model that news packages should be built out of. The user-friendly interface of the Daily Beasts website and the intricate sections of the paper make it a must read news packages for news junkies of all ages.