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Topic: Web journalism
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| psandqs | Posted – 9/10/2007 11:37:43 AM | show profile Since this site has so many seasoned writers, I ask your opinion on this method of writing an article for the Web (the article isn't exactly breaking news, more a background on a particular subject): Search other articles and sites on the Web, summarise most of what you find in your own words, MAYBE interview a couple of people for a few original quotes, recycle quotes found in other articles (not necessarily attributing them to the article you saw them in), and send in to the on-line news site. Is this the way of Web/citizen journalism? A Web writer recently told me this was the method used, and I was kind of taken aback. What do you guys think? |
| dribbledrive1 | Posted – 9/10/2007 2:02:47 PM | show profile Not sure why you are taken aback. It seems like a pretty logical way to produce generic articles where the standards of the publication are not particularly high. There isn't anything illegal about this approach, though you could argue it's unethical to steal quotes without attributing the source. |
| aoscruggs | Posted – 9/10/2007 9:24:13 PM | show profile Web Journalism Watch out: If you lift quotes without attributing them to the orginal article, you're guilty of plagiarism. By using the quote without credit, you're giving the impression that the source talked to you directly. |
| JeanMarie | Posted – 9/10/2007 10:06:16 PM | show profile Good web writing doesn't work that way. Web journalism contains all of the elements of good print journalism, plus considerations for technology and the "web" that is the web. I'm not sure who you're talking to, but they seem to be describing something closer to lazy blogging... or just lazy... |
| Seafarer | Posted – 9/10/2007 10:20:28 PM | show profile | email poster Ick, I don't think so "Phoning it in" and lifting quotes stinks on the Web just like it stinks in print. ------ My Web site Family Travel blog NHRA drag racing on Fast Machines |
