But streamed video of past newscasts and even live streaming video of on-air television are becoming more common. In some cases it is possible to search for video using key words. Television news sites are best at responding quickly to breaking news. A few local newsrooms even push live video coverage onto the Net. Attracting Local Browsers On almost every local news Web site, weather information is a major draw-especially weather radar displays.
Special coverage can draw extraordinary numbers of Web visitors.
For example, during hurricanes at least two major market stations had more than 200,000 page views in a 24-hour period. But depending on breaking news is not the only way to attract big numbers. In general, it's not unusual to find just one person working a television news Web site. Even at the leadingWeb news operations, staff sizes are modest compared with the numbers devoted to editorial and production functions in the rest of the newsroom. Web staffs usually include at least one technical person or programmer and a sales staff-which is sometimes as large as the editorial staff.