After reviewing four news websites (Seattle Times, LA Daily News, CNN, and St. Paul Pioneer Press), all four seem to have fairly similar presentation style and layout. Out of the four sites, I would say that CNN was surprisingly the least social. Although you are able to share and email stories, there are no little links to sites such as Digg, De.licio.us , etc. You are unable to comment on CNN stories as well. I disliked the LA Daily News site because of its overuse of multimedia (pictures, vids, etc) in my opinion. After reviewing these four I have come to the conclusion that I enjoy traditional and simple news sites, with text based links to stories, rather than pictures. I would liken the St. Paul Pioneer Press site to the type of content found on The Seattle Times site. Both had up to date news coverage on local issues, including sports, politics, traffic, weather, etc. Although the two provide similar local information, The Seattle Times seemed to have more national and international news stories. This is most likely a result of the major corporations which reside in the Seattle area, that often have an impact nationally as well as internationally.

            For international and national news I would definitely go to CNN.com over the other three sites I reviewed. Both the Seattle Times and Pioneer Press sites did a great job fulfilling all the needs of a local news reader. The LA Daily News had adequate amounts of information, but I did not favor the cluttered nature of the site.