Online Journalism - Ayo Menulis FISIP UAJY

a hybrid process combining the dynamism of broadcast media with
the rigour and tested effectiveness of newspaper publishing.
Even stories which do not include elements encouraging feedback
can well generate them, often addressed directly to the journalist
under whose byline the story appears. This material can be usefully
posted on to the site and linked to the original story. There are many
examples of stories which might otherwise have been moved to the
archives being revived and radically extended by such readers’ interventions.
This just-in-time assembly-line approach to news clearly has
implications for the roles and autonomy of newsworkers. Jeremy
Iggers describes the approach as a kind of ‘maestro session, where all
the elements of the story are initiated simultaneously’. 14 The news
story becomes a package with all of the elements being brought
together to produce an integrated and harmonious whole. The
presentation of the story, including all its textual strands and its
illustrations, is planned from the outset. ‘The approach works best
when the reporter is adducing evidence or anecdotes in support of a
foregone conclusion.’ 15 This attrition of content by form, in which
the narrative is fragmented into many layers comprising shorter
lexias, diagrams, side panels, time lines and bullet points, appeared
first in newspapers but found its natural environment on the hyperlink-enabled
web. While online news forms can very powerfully
draw out the issues behind news events they can, as easily, become
tiresomely self-referential, focused on the technology and on its
surface and gloss. More than ever they demand a considered and
appropriate use of technology.
The Online Journalist
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Responsibilities for this position include organising and
producing interactive broadcasts and web coverage. Experience
with web and multimedia production required as well as good
writing and copy-editing skills. Some evening production
required. Salary commensurate with experience.
This recruitment advert is fairly typical. Journalists joining multimedia
newsrooms need to be broadly skilled and, especially for titles