I found this web page on NatGeo News Watch. It’s a story about the spread of head lice to body lice. Although I found the topic of the story to be quite skin crawling, I thought the writer did a really good job incorporating different types of lateral journalism into the story to make it more interesting and detailed.
There are multiple links within the story, but one that I found of the most interest was a journal article from Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. Here the reader can get more information on lice, but also has the option to read about other diseases and infections.
This article was very informative and organized in a way that was easy to read. It talked about the origins of body lice, what environments they thrive in and how one gets lice. It also included blown up pictures of a body and head louse and even a diagram of the life cycle of a head louse.
There were also links to the most visited stories, which I really enjoyed because I probably would not have seen these stories had they not been on the side of the screen. I clicked on a story about the devil (in the spirit of Easter? I dunno) and read about an ancient book believed to be written by one monk, in one night, under the guidance of the devil. It was weird, but also a good example of a web package with pictures and video clips.
At the end of the original article, there was a comment box that gave readers the chance to say something about the article. There weren’t any comments when I read the story, but I suppose there’s not a whole lot to say about head lice.