UNC Assistant Professor Ryan Thornburg draws on his experiences at washingtonpost.com, cq.com and usnews.com to lay out how reporters can adapt their reporting for online presentation in just six easy steps.
3. Step 1: Do Your Work. The Internet doesn’t make it easier on reporters. It makes it tougher. Because everyone can do it poorly. It is going to take more to be a pro .
The Internet doesn’t make it easier on reporters. It makes it tougher. Because everyone can do it poorly. It is going to take more to be a pro. Just ask Dan Rather. http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=12524_Bush_Guard_Documents-_Forgeries#comments http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/007760.php
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle your background material in to standing resources that you can use as links in your story and that your readers can search find when they want it. * http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-stocks-most-higher-extending/story.aspx?guid=%7B5DECFAF0%2DC211%2D442F%2D9989%2DA74B4454518D%7D * http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/iraq/front.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/world/24cnd-nations.html
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle your background material in to standing resources that you can use as links in your story and that your readers can search find when they want it. * http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-stocks-most-higher-extending/story.aspx?guid=%7B5DECFAF0%2DC211%2D442F%2D9989%2DA74B4454518D%7D * http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/iraq/front.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/world/24cnd-nations.html http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/ http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/tracker/ http://www.chicagocrime.org/