1What is online journalism? - Ayo Menulis FISIP UAJY
1What is online journalism? - Ayo Menulis FISIP UAJY
1What is online journalism? - Ayo Menulis FISIP UAJY
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Online research and reporting 83<br />
www.PowerReporting.com<br />
www.NewsDesk-UK.com<br />
CARpark-UK (www.rawlinson.co.uk)<br />
www.ejta.org (the European journal<strong>is</strong>ts’ site); and<br />
www.journal<strong>is</strong>mnet.org (no l<strong>is</strong>t would be complete without<br />
Julian Sher’s humungous collection of journal<strong>is</strong>m links, including<br />
sections for different countries).<br />
How to look for information<br />
Have you ever been embarrassed by your ignorance of a foreign<br />
language? When abroad, are you like Basil Fawlty? Do you repeat<br />
the same word in Engl<strong>is</strong>h over and over again, only louder,<br />
desperate to be understood? You are in a shop and you want some<br />
bread. The shop ass<strong>is</strong>tant brings you toothbrushes, soap, milk –<br />
anything but bread.<br />
That’s what search tools feel like when confronted by an<br />
inexperienced searcher. They see a Basil. They want to help. They<br />
will bring you anything they think will help. But unless you learn<br />
their language, they will probably d<strong>is</strong>appoint you and like Basil,<br />
that will make you very cross indeed.<br />
Search language <strong>is</strong> not difficult to learn. The simplest refinements<br />
to basic search questions can significantly improve your<br />
returns from engines and directories and, unlike Basil Fawlty, get<br />
you nearer to what you want.<br />
The best way to refine your search <strong>is</strong> to narrow it by being<br />
specific. The easiest way to do that <strong>is</strong> to use a cross-referencing<br />
system. For example, if you ask an engine to look for information<br />
on ‘Frank Zappa’, you will get a huge return. If you ask it to cross<br />
reference its search for Zappa with the term ‘Mothers of<br />
Invention’, you will get a more focused return of Zappa material<br />
from the days when he fronted h<strong>is</strong> band the Mothers of Invention.<br />
If you then cross reference it further and ask it to look for ‘Frank<br />
Zappa’, the ‘Mothers of Invention’ and ‘Ian Underwood’, you will<br />
probably get material focused on the keyboard and sax genius<br />
(they were all geniuses) Ian Underwood during h<strong>is</strong> time in the<br />
band with Zappa. So you can use the cross-reference to include<br />
multiple subjects which act as filters.
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