This document discusses different journalism platforms and how stories are presented online versus print. It notes that online stories should be chunked into shorter paragraphs and sentences with subheads, bullets and lists. Online stories also benefit from links to other resources, multimedia like photos and video, and elements that encourage user participation through comments, surveys and interactive content. The document introduces several types of multimedia journalists including solo journalists, video journalists, and mobile journalists, and provides a list of common multimedia equipment used in online journalism.

1. Unit #4: Journalism Platforms
Journalism Platforms:
Online
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2. Today’s ConCepTs

3. • Timeliness
• “Continuous news versions” of
stories
• Bigger type, smaller photos
• Print = text, photos and graphics
• Online = multimedia
(photos, video, audio, hyperlinks)
Print v.
Web

4. • Tips for making online stories pop:
– “chunk” your information into short
paragraphs and shorter sentences.
– Add subheads, bullets and lists
– Three essential “web extras”:
links, multimedia, user participation.
– Don’t SHOVEL.
– Get info online, then
update, update, update.
Print v.
Web

5. Links
• Audio
• Video
Archives
• Stories
• Blogs
• Info
Interactive
Elements graphics
• Maps
Multimedia
“Packaging”

6. Make News Participatory
Comments and discussion
User-
Surveys, polls
generated
and quizzes
content
Interactive media

7. Introducing…
Backpack
journalist
Solo Video
Journalists Journalists
(sojos) (VJs)
Backpacker: Becky Diamond
Multimedia Mobile
Journalists Journalists
(MMJs) (mojos)

8. Multimedia Equipment
List: Common Tools