December 26, 2008
Looks like it’s a quiet day after Christmas online, but a couple multimedia pieces livened things up. HamptonRoads.com (The Virginian Pilot) has a fun look at retiring U.S. Sen. John Warner’s Capitol Hill office, using rollovers with audio that give more information on items hanging on the wall.

WVGazette.com (The Charleston Gazette) used the free Vuvox tool to build an extensive multimedia year in review package.

Nationally, the CBC took a little different spin on the best photos by creating a year-end video from user-submitted photos and video.
 
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Regina McCombs is a faculty member of The Poynter Institute, teaching multimedia, and social and mobile journalism. She was the senior producer for multimedia at…
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