Devon Rape Trial Receives Multimedia Coverage

A south-west newspaper is using an array of multimedia tools to cover a rape trial.

The Devon Express and Echo has three reporters working on the case in order to produce daily video packages providing the latest news from Exeter Crown Court.

In addition, the newspaper’s website will feature hourly updates on the trial and readers can also sign up to receive breaking news text alerts.

Editor Marc Astley told holdthefrontpage.co.uk: “There is massive interest in this case, it was one of the biggest stories we had last year.

“The trial has come at the right time for us from a multimedia point of view as our staff have been trained in all the disciplines we’ll be using.”

He added: “People are starting to expect this sort of coverage from us – we publish overnight and while not all readers are pleased about that, the other side of it is that they now expect us to publish on the web.”