1What is online journalism? - Ayo Menulis FISIP UAJY

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paramount importance. Indeed, they are so important that
Chapters 4 and 5 are devoted to an examination of them. But the
selection process extends to other areas such as multimedia. Here
we will concentrate on audio, because it is more accessible for the
online user.
Editing audio
This sounds like something you might do after the interview. Yet,
in fact, you start the editing process when you initially research
your story. If your preparation produces a more structured and
focused interview, it will also probably be a shorter one. This is a
form of editing.
With practice, you will also find yourself ‘editing’ in your head
during the interview by ditching certain questions and changing
lines of attack. Again, thorough preparation will give you more
freedom to think this way during the interview. As a result, you
will have less editing to do and a clearer idea of what should stay
and what should go during the edit.
Without adequate preparation, the interview will probably end
up as with a long, rambling conversation which travels down
various cul-de-sacs and diversions. You will then be rewarded with
a ‘double whammy’ when it comes to editing, particularly under
pressure. The interview will have taken longer to conduct, so you
have (1) less time to edit, but (2) more to listen to on play back.
It will feel like events are conspiring against you. But they are not.
Such difficulties are self-inflicted.
Whenever you are editing factual audio, the Golden Rules are:
listen to the interview carefully first and only download what
you need to edit;
listen to the rhythm, pace, cadence and sound level of the
voice(s) you are editing;
always listen back to your edit before transmission; and
never alter the sense or otherwise misrepresent what has been
said by the interviewee.
The Golden Rules apply to both the main types of edits. These can
be summarized as: