Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Thursday, August 30, 2012
The Transition to Online
I just wanted to note this great piece in the New York Times a few years back about the dot-com boom in digital journalism.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Here are the New Media Reporting news blogs for summer, 2012:
Russell Allyn
Ruth Boyle
Theresa Cheng
Maria Colias
Collette DeBenedetto
Claire Doran
Donald Hughes
Alice Marsh-Elmer
Marisa Mostek
Lyndsey Nolan
Renae Punzalan
Rebecca Robledo
Claudia Silva
Daina Solomon
Mikaela Wolf
Russell Allyn
Ruth Boyle
Theresa Cheng
Maria Colias
Collette DeBenedetto
Claire Doran
Donald Hughes
Alice Marsh-Elmer
Marisa Mostek
Lyndsey Nolan
Renae Punzalan
Rebecca Robledo
Claudia Silva
Daina Solomon
Mikaela Wolf
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
UCLA Extension New Media Reporting Summer 2012: Week 3 Summary
During Week 3 we looked at how we can use Twitter to do reporting.
What is reporting? It's researching the facts of a story. While traditionally it involves interviews and digging for documents, the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Google can be used to source information.
ZabaSearch, Facebook, law enforcement inmate information sites and other databases can be used to background people as well.
Where do we get photos, video and audio? For photos, I search for Creative Commons images on Flickr and Wikipedia. For video, YouTube is king, but you can also find video (and photos, for that matter) that are perfectly okay to use on Twitter.
We talked about making sure to link to aggregated sources.
Using "block quotes" allows you to break up your copy so that it's not a boring block of words.
On deadline? Learn to type on your computer during phone interviews so you can quickly copy and paste info into your story.
Online interviewing is okay as a last result, but the biggest drawback is that it's hard to ask follow-up questions or pin someone down on a key point.
What is reporting? It's researching the facts of a story. While traditionally it involves interviews and digging for documents, the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Google can be used to source information.
ZabaSearch, Facebook, law enforcement inmate information sites and other databases can be used to background people as well.
Where do we get photos, video and audio? For photos, I search for Creative Commons images on Flickr and Wikipedia. For video, YouTube is king, but you can also find video (and photos, for that matter) that are perfectly okay to use on Twitter.
We talked about making sure to link to aggregated sources.
Using "block quotes" allows you to break up your copy so that it's not a boring block of words.
On deadline? Learn to type on your computer during phone interviews so you can quickly copy and paste info into your story.
Online interviewing is okay as a last result, but the biggest drawback is that it's hard to ask follow-up questions or pin someone down on a key point.
UCLA Extension New Media Reporting Summer 2012: Week 2 Summary
During Week 2 we talked about why chronological blogging works.
We compared the traditional dry, "pyramid" style of newspapering to the modern, more conversational style of blog writing.
The pyramid style has its roots in using the teletype machine to transmit information in a brief and compact manner. Additionally, newsprint space and being fair and balanced were paramount issues.
Today the unlimited space of blogs, along with the myriad of competition, mean that dry, compact, fair, balanced information is taking a backseat to attitude, opinion, voice and snark.
It doesn't mean that we should be unfair. But it does mean that one blog post can tell one side of a story, and another can tell another side of it.
We talked a little about why using keywords, including proper names and places, are so important to headlines. They attract Google.
Where do we find news these days? Everywhere, but especially on Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
We compared the New York Times to Gawker. Different, yes, but Gawker points to that voice-heavy, aggregated future.
We compared the traditional dry, "pyramid" style of newspapering to the modern, more conversational style of blog writing.
The pyramid style has its roots in using the teletype machine to transmit information in a brief and compact manner. Additionally, newsprint space and being fair and balanced were paramount issues.
Today the unlimited space of blogs, along with the myriad of competition, mean that dry, compact, fair, balanced information is taking a backseat to attitude, opinion, voice and snark.
It doesn't mean that we should be unfair. But it does mean that one blog post can tell one side of a story, and another can tell another side of it.
We talked a little about why using keywords, including proper names and places, are so important to headlines. They attract Google.
Where do we find news these days? Everywhere, but especially on Twitter, Facebook and other sites.
We compared the New York Times to Gawker. Different, yes, but Gawker points to that voice-heavy, aggregated future.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Online News Video Can Outpace Entertainment Clips For Traffic
The most-viewed news videos "tended to depict natural disasters or political upheaval -- usually featuring intense visuals," according to Pew's research. No surprise there.
While much of the video was taken by so-called "citizen journalists" on the ground, it was often found incorporated into professional broadcast packages that were then uploaded to the web, according to the study.
One expert says the findings indicate that news video clips aren't just supplemental -- they're a staple for news consumers.
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