Modul Mata Kuliah Journalisme Online - Ayo Menulis FISIP UAJY

Be interesting.
Be conversational: raise questions, invite contributions, discuss what’s happening on other
blogs, leave some loose ends, and respond to comments made by readers.
Link to external sites with relevant information
Monitor other bloggers in the same space and attempt to build reciprocal links with them.
Tag posts so that they are easy for search engines to find.
Inject some personality into their posts and include observation and anecdote.
Make use of multimedia whenever possible and think about a post’s layout.
Credit the original source of all content embedded in posts.
Make sure posts are seen by a second pair of eyes before publication.
Ask desks to place a link to their blog/post on relevant stories.
A Reuters blogger should not:
Be opinionated. You are free to make observations, ask questions and make an argument, but
blogging in Reuters is not a license to vent personal views. You are still bound by the Trust
Principles.
Respond in anger to comments that appear on posts.
End each post with the line, ‘tell us what you think’. If you have a specific question for readers
then ask it, otherwise let the comments box do the work for you.
Knowingly link to material that infringes copyright.
Have the colour and personality subbed out of their posts
Take an idea or insight from another blogger or site without acknowledgement.
Reuters use of blogging is constantly evolving and up-to-date guidance on how blogs are being used is
available on the blogging wiki at http://wiki.ime.reuters.com/index.php/Blogging
To correct a blog, see blogs under Corrections, Refiles, Kills, Repeats and Embargoes
Online Encylopedias
Online information sources which rely on collaborative, voluntary and often anonymous contributions
need to be handled with care. Wikipedia, the online "people's encyclopedia", can be a good starting
point for research, but it should not be used as an attributable source. Do not quote from it or copy
from it. The information it contains has not been validated and can change from second to second as
contributors add or remove material. Move on to official websites or other sources that are worthy of
attribution. Do not link to Wikipedia or similar collaborative encyclopedia sites as a source of
background information on any topic. More suitable sites can almost always be found, and indeed are
often flagged at the bottom of Wikipedia entries. It is only acceptable to link to an entry on Wikipedia or
similar sites when the entry or website itself is the subject of a news story.
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