Narrative anyone?

Back in the day a journalist was seen as a person who covered sporting events and wrote about them, to the delight of all those who could not be there to witness it. People looked at journalists as those with a "cool" job and never thought about how much work a single story actually was. Boy, how the times have changed.
To be considered a quality journalist in today's "report the news first" society, one has to be an expert in a variety of things. Typing and good reporting are mandatory but there is more emphasis every day on journalists to include links, videos, and pictures in their stories as a means of quality work.
For this week I looked at several different narrative ways of adding some zest to one's story, and enhancing its content for the reader.
I found the Arizona Star piece on the in-depth coverage of a golf course to be simply outstanding. It covered so many different aspects of the golf course in such detail, making it incredibly fun for the viewer to enjoy this use of media. Certainly something one usually associates with a video game or a computer program.
USA Today's map/database on finding the NFL talent was visually friendly and easy to navigate, making it even more appealing to a sports junkie like myself. The use of stats in this database was extensive, and the fact that one could go back in time and find different players from different years showed how extensive this research was.