Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream visioned an America of hope and equality. His idea wasn't confined to one person but embodied a movement, a struggle for change.
That's what I looked for in the coverage of events. An article, or presentation, representing the change of America since his death.
Jim Kavanagh from CNN.com had that approach. He focused the first part of his article on the streets named after Martin Luther King. He answers the question of how these streets changed over the past 40 years and where they are headed in the future.
Then he focuses on exchanging the South's racist legacy for America's future.
It was a different take on the traditional MLK day story. It's raw. It shows America, and how we've progressed -- or haven't progressed. One video details the struggle of these boulevards across our nation. The photo to the left is from CNN.com. This street is located near Atlanta, Georgia.The story is apart of a larger package, called The Road to Equality. On the right side of the page is a group of reporters. Through personal videos, they each talk about racial issues of today. They talk about MLK and what he's meant to them and their families.
The article is also interactive. Readers can send in photos of these boulevards in their hometown. As a reader, I feel more apart of this story than if it appeared in the newspaper or on television. I can have more of an impact in a shorter time. And that's what convergence is all about: change and interaction.
