With the future of journalism, journalists can use news as more of a conversation due to internet tools such as blogging!
For example, one can make conversation through news stories that contain comments link on a news site.
Another way to make conversation is through social networking such as connecting to facebook .
News conversation is important as users can provide tips, links, additional insight or even clarify a post.
For journalists to achieve a build and manage a community online. First it's important to make news participatory and allow users to contribute information such as photos, video, event listing, edits, etc. A great example of this is wikipedia!
Second journalists must actually interact by editing and providing feedback.
Third, collaborate with your community by adding information and value.
Link journalism allows journalists to collaborate.
An important key to collaborative journalism is to keep conversations accurate and ethical.
One way of accomplishing this is to set guidelines for participants.
Try to monitor offensive postings on sites. Delete comments if need be.
Understand your legal responsibilities.
Correct errors. Make sure readers know that the comment has been corrected so that attribution is given.
02 March 2010
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