Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Omar Samy
2008
Online Journalism
• Content:
1. Online Journalism
2. Blog & Create Blog Account
3. How to Report News for the Web
4. Digital Audio and Podcasting
5. Web2.0 & Journalism 2.0
6. Build news website
7. Online Writing
8. Citizen Journalism
9. Crowd sourcing
Online Journalism
• “...we needed ….to make a special
editorial emphasis that goes beyond what
the print journal does or what the
newswires do. It is a different audience. It
is a complementary audience, but it is not
the same as print, and we try to meet
those information needs.”
• - Rich Jaroslovsky,
• WSJ.com
Reading Habits
• Reading online is typically 25% slower
than print
• Some “tricks” to keep a reader interested:
– Layout with bullet points and bold subheads
– Break longer stories into “chunks”
– Include multimedia elements
• Polls
• Slideshows
• Audio/Video
Web Journalism
• What works online?
– Breaking news
– Links to credible sources
– Instant archives
– Interactivity
– Multimedia
Storytelling or Presentation
Convergence
• bridge collapse
– www.startribune.com/local/12166286.html
– Bridge watch: Rating Minnesota's bridges
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/01/bridge.coll
apse/index.html
www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-08-02-
minneapolis-bridge_N.htm
#1 Assignment
• Write one page about the coverage
difference for Minnesota's bridge collapse
in the three news website:
– CNN
– USA Today
– Start tribune
Lecture 2
Journalists Moving Online
• Some established
journalists are moving
online to have more
control over their
reporting
– Example:
• CNN’s Daryn Kagan
• Walter Cronkite blog
Online Journalism Jobs
• One of the biggest growth opportunities is
online journalism
• Web Editors often make more money
than their print editor counterparts
– Expectations include writing AND technical
skills
Online Journalism Jobs
• Web editor and producer positions pay
higher than the equivalent print positions
– Web editor (Seattle) $65,000
– Web producer (Seattle) $89,000
• The online producer's responsibility is usually to
create, edit and arrange the text, video, audio,
images and other materials that may be included
on a website.