Salvacion - Exercise 4B

Priscilla Mae Salvacion
COM127L - A98

Reporting News for the Web

Reporting news in the web is very different from print, radio, and TV. Since we are living in a world full of technological advances, we tend to rely on the web when it comes to getting new information. An online news writer constructs news in simplest manner so that the readers will understand it immediately. One advantage of an online news reporting is that they can update their news in just one click away. It is easy to share update news items unlike the radio, TV, and especially print. Not only that, news for the web provides related photos, videos, and past stories that are connected to the specific topic to make it more clearer and concise. It is important to know that even though it is easy to put up such news item on the web, news websites should be credible and avoid having flaws. Interesting headlines are constructed to persuade the readers to read the whole news story. It sometimes administers interaction between the audience and news reporter for a better understanding.

Based on the video, "What is Crowdsourcing?", Jeff Howe defined crowdsourcing as the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated employee and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call. This can be used in online/multimedia journalism if the journalists work hand in hand to achieve one main goal. They can set up their own website where they will post nothing but the truth so that the people will know what's really happening around them and in other countries. The journalists will gain the people's trust through this if the website will be useful for most of the readers.

Reporters should keep their professional ethics to gain the respect of the leaders. They won't lose any readers if they stay true to what they are reporting. Sometimes, if people find them good at what they are doing, more people will listen or read their works. It's also a big factor to maintain a lively and tight. It means that people want something straight to the point so the reporters should not make some extra information that is not related to the topic.