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Media. How they get their material Connecting with communities New Media. News Sources. Some days news falls into your lap – other days you have to work hard Holiday times – silly season Graft is required to turn a tip-off into a hard news story. News Sources. Reporters Contacts

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  1. Media How they get their material Connecting with communities New Media

  2. News Sources • Some days news falls into your lap – other days you have to work hard • Holiday times – silly season • Graft is required to turn a tip-off into a hard news story

  3. News Sources • Reporters • Contacts • Newsroom diary • Files • Check Calls • Emergency Services • Politicians • Pressure Groups • Staged events • News releases • Tip-offs • Hoaxes • Wire services

  4. Websites • Some websites are helpful and have press centres, which require accreditation to gain access to material - others don’t • Make notes of useful sites and contact details of press staff. Make contact with them, find out things

  5. CAR • Computer Aided Reporting (CAR) • Using the internet to access information • Deep CAR - analysing spreadsheets, databases

  6. Deep Car Creating and analysing spreadsheets Creating and analysing databases Merging relational databases Geographic information systems Intermediate Car Precision use of search tools Advanced searches Downloading spreadsheets Assembling simple s/sheets Mashups Basic Car Sending e-mail Reading discussion lists Using directories Copy and paste from Web Reading e-zines and e-journals Bookmarking Time and training needed

  7. Convergence • Multi-platform publishing • Multi-platform journalist - requires reporting to produce original content in multimedia forms • 24 hour process demanding changes in the way journalists work

  8. Why converge? • Competition - allows combined resources across platforms • News can be broken quickly and with greater depth • Audience growth

  9. Convergence Co-operation • Daily tips and information • Resources • Spot and breaking news • Enterprise reporting • Franchises • Events and special coverage • Public service

  10. Using the internet • E-mail and databases on web Dear ? My name is (your name). I am a reporter with (insert organisation). I am writing/producing a story about (insert details) and am looking for an expert in this or a related area who is willing to be interviewed. Please get back to me by (insert timeframe). I would prefer details by e-mail, but you can reach me at (insert contact details). Thank you in advance Yours sincerely,

  11. Blogging • Blogs have been around since 1997 • Easy to set up and maintain • Part of social networking • Moblogs; vlogs; podcasts; vodcasts • Many blogs are written by specialists • It is not seen as journalism but as a form of publishing opinions

  12. Get blogging • Create your own blog at blogger.com or wordpress or posterous • Visit twitter.com • Visit rocketboom and viewmagazine • Subscribe to RSS feeds • Get e-mail alerts to the latest news from the BBC, Guardian, Sky, DT • Visit media’s sites

  13. Useful news sites • www.viewmagazine.tv • www.rocketboom.com • www.twitter.com • http://order-order.com/ • http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ • http://tinyurl.com/ycm6np7

  14. Audience Generated Content • Members of the public contribute content • Media-morphosis • Journalists will proofread, edit and contextualize the content • Not paid for my media groups • OhmyNews

  15. Communities • Connect with communities through CJ • Value audience - news becomes something to be talked about • People want to be accepted • BBC - Digital Storytelling • BBC Community Journalism scheme

  16. Citizen Journalists • July 2005 London bombings - 3,000 mobloggers

  17. Buncefield Oil depot fire • Buncefield Oil depot fire

  18. Sichuan Earthquake • May 2008 - news broke on Twitter

  19. CJ Concerns and Issues • Gaining credibility and trust • Potential loss of work for freelancers • Quality of work • Legal issues

  20. Finding info online • Select the best online search engine • Think about keywords • Simple searching takes time - use Boolean logic • Be aware of the hidden Web • News archives • Use monitoring software to track keywords on Twitter – Twilert, Twitterfall,

  21. Monitoring Software • Twilert, Twitterfall, Hootsuite (Twitter) • Facebook search (Facebook) • Google Alerts (blog or newsfeeds) • BoardReader (forums & messageboards) • MonitorThis (browses search engines)

  22. Evaluating online material • Does the site look credible? • Who is behind the site? • Are there proper contact details? • Links • E-mail, blogs and newsgroups • Be very wary of Wikipedia

  23. Multiplatform Storytelling • Using a combination of text, still photos, audio, video and graphics • Multiplatform reporters need to think visually; edit audio; write for radio/TV; write for online; write for pictures and edit images; know how to use SM to amplify message

  24. Social Media

  25. Suggested reading • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3223484.stm (BBC site with articles defining RSS and explaining blogs) http://www.editorsweblog.org (World Association of Newspapers discusses whether bloggers are journalists)

  26. Web sites for Journalists • http://www.journalism.co.uk • http://www.journalism.co.uk/directory/Research_tools/index/shtml • http://bubl.ac.uk/uk/index/html • http://www.newsdesk-uk.com • http://www.johnmorrish.com/journolist/indexl

  27. Things to do… • Set up your own blog account –give it updated • Keep a production diary for this degree • Sign up to favourite blogs and follow them • Use social media to interact

  28. MOD http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/ http://www.army.mod.uk/royalanglian/index.htm http://www.e-goat.co.uk/ http://www.arrse.co.uk/ http://www.rumration.co.uk/ http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwaddington/ http://www.public.tv/channels.php?CID=85&Title=Military

  29. Government - Central http://www.parliament.uk/ http://www.defra.gov.uk/ http://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics1/facts/tradingstandards.htm

  30. Government - Local http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/ http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ http://www.nlc.gov.uk/

  31. Executive Agencies http://www.yorkshire-forward.com http://www.highways.gov.uk/ http://www.gnn.gov.uk/

  32. Health http://www.neynlha.nhs.uk/ http://www.nlg.nhs.uk/ http://www.nhs.uk/

  33. Emergency Services http://www.humberside.police.uk/ http://www.lincs.police.uk/ http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/ http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-hom http://www.humber-rescue.org.uk/news/newsindex.html

  34. Journalism http://www.channel7tv.co.uk/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/ http://www.channel4.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/ http://www.thepagroup.com/ http://www.journalism.co.uk/ http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/ http://www.bjtc.org.uk/ http://www.nuj.org.uk/ http://news.sky.com/skynews/home

  35. Monarchy http://www.royal.gov.uk/

  36. Fieldwork 2 • A caller on the line to your newsroom says large quantities of lethal waste have leaked from a nearby industrial plant. The toxic chemical is spilling into a reservoir that feeds into the water supply. He says he is the manager of the plant and is urging you to put out a message immediately warning people to stop drinking the water as it could poison them. WHAT DO YOU DO?

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