For Article: How & When to Credit Bloggers?
Posted by Jane Abao 12/5/2007 8:32:02 PM
Consider the time the story was first posted. So the phrase, "First posted in xx by xx" may be used. The overriding consideration, however, should be the reporter's sense of ethics in properly giving credit to whom credit is due.
Showing posts with label bloggers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bloggers. Show all posts
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
Time Check
For Article: How & When to Credit Bloggers?
Posted by Jane Abao 12/5/2007 8:32:02 PM
Consider the time the story was first posted. So the phrase, "First posted in xx by xx" may be used. The overriding consideration, however, should be the reporter's sense of ethics in properly giving credit to whom credit is due.
Posted by Jane Abao 12/5/2007 8:32:02 PM
Consider the time the story was first posted. So the phrase, "First posted in xx by xx" may be used. The overriding consideration, however, should be the reporter's sense of ethics in properly giving credit to whom credit is due.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Techies to Write?
For Article: Medill: Techies Go to J-School
Posted by Jane Abao 6/27/2007 2:17:36 AM
One of the things I’m dying to do is make use of website designers who have become bloggers to learn to write tenably and eventually become a part of our group of writers. I’ve made some inroads on that actually, providing even lectures for them to cope with disciplined writing. However, I have come to the realization that, indeed, the Creator had not generally pooled multiple talents in individuals. Although attempting to culture this kind of people to be good in both counts, the norm still is that some may be good in the technical aspect but weak in editorial concerns. It is also true the other way around.
Posted by Jane Abao 6/27/2007 2:17:36 AM
One of the things I’m dying to do is make use of website designers who have become bloggers to learn to write tenably and eventually become a part of our group of writers. I’ve made some inroads on that actually, providing even lectures for them to cope with disciplined writing. However, I have come to the realization that, indeed, the Creator had not generally pooled multiple talents in individuals. Although attempting to culture this kind of people to be good in both counts, the norm still is that some may be good in the technical aspect but weak in editorial concerns. It is also true the other way around.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Blogs in Research Too
For Article: Bloggers as Sources: What's Your Take?
Posted by Jane Abao 8/8/2006 9:26:08 PM
I don't come mainly from a news organization but I do write news. In writing for news, I have not thought of using blogs as my source. However, I had tried using it for research.
There was a time I had to look into [Product A] and its so-called prime, and its relationship to [Product B], another competitor. This calls for user input, I thought. I did not have the luxury to do surveys as my primary obligation was to write from literature.
I was blessed to find blogs of one who seemingly acted as press relations man but not quite. He was writing about the sponsored surveys of [Product A] and giving out statistics, and developments regarding the product. I had included his write-ups in my review since they were not opinion pieces. Moreover, his blogs had allowed a comments portion where users were able to argue their cases.
In his blogs, I was able to collect a good portion of comments from direct users of both products from the United States and United Kingdom debating well on the issues. From there, my research was enlightened about one category and that was location of users. At the same time that some of these commenters accused the blogger of public relations, they wrote very useful information.
In a set-up where the piece is followed by comments from the public, I guess blogs can be useful even in news. What is important, I think, is not in their identity because bloggers use only user names, but what information they were sharing. In the case I am discussing, the main writer whose writings were being commented on, had his full name in the very first piece he wrote for the company. I had to trace it from there and that's where I discovered he was being introduced as an intern from the University of Virginia. This information was very important to me, as I was able to identify him in his subsequent blogs.
To me, my research was enhanced by my inclusion of those information from the blogs.
Posted by Jane Abao 8/8/2006 9:26:08 PM
I don't come mainly from a news organization but I do write news. In writing for news, I have not thought of using blogs as my source. However, I had tried using it for research.
There was a time I had to look into [Product A] and its so-called prime, and its relationship to [Product B], another competitor. This calls for user input, I thought. I did not have the luxury to do surveys as my primary obligation was to write from literature.
I was blessed to find blogs of one who seemingly acted as press relations man but not quite. He was writing about the sponsored surveys of [Product A] and giving out statistics, and developments regarding the product. I had included his write-ups in my review since they were not opinion pieces. Moreover, his blogs had allowed a comments portion where users were able to argue their cases.
In his blogs, I was able to collect a good portion of comments from direct users of both products from the United States and United Kingdom debating well on the issues. From there, my research was enlightened about one category and that was location of users. At the same time that some of these commenters accused the blogger of public relations, they wrote very useful information.
In a set-up where the piece is followed by comments from the public, I guess blogs can be useful even in news. What is important, I think, is not in their identity because bloggers use only user names, but what information they were sharing. In the case I am discussing, the main writer whose writings were being commented on, had his full name in the very first piece he wrote for the company. I had to trace it from there and that's where I discovered he was being introduced as an intern from the University of Virginia. This information was very important to me, as I was able to identify him in his subsequent blogs.
To me, my research was enhanced by my inclusion of those information from the blogs.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Bloggers with a Fight
For Article: Cell phones: A new tool in the war-zone blogosphere
Posted by Jane Abao 8/2/2006 10:35:52 PM
We cannot pigeon-hole bloggers into one. There are some blogs that are as knowlegeable and disciplined as the bloggers could put it - because th... We cannot pigeon-hole bloggers into one. There are some blogs that are as knowlegeable and disciplined as the bloggers could put it - because they have been formally trained in journalism and communication. It is only that they do not have the same exposure as others. This explains why we think this kind do not exist.
Some blogs go beyond what people think as just ranting. They even have a fight focused. I, for one, am fighting against the way people freely use communication as an art - as stray bullets leaving people with plenty of scars. There are many decadent ways communication could go. I zero in on that.
Posted by Jane Abao 8/2/2006 10:35:52 PM
We cannot pigeon-hole bloggers into one. There are some blogs that are as knowlegeable and disciplined as the bloggers could put it - because th... We cannot pigeon-hole bloggers into one. There are some blogs that are as knowlegeable and disciplined as the bloggers could put it - because they have been formally trained in journalism and communication. It is only that they do not have the same exposure as others. This explains why we think this kind do not exist.
Some blogs go beyond what people think as just ranting. They even have a fight focused. I, for one, am fighting against the way people freely use communication as an art - as stray bullets leaving people with plenty of scars. There are many decadent ways communication could go. I zero in on that.
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