Online Journalism News

Big hole in blog about"sinkhole"

2010-08-15T00:21:00.010+10:00

Source: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterfoster/100042823/are-there-any-reasonable-explanations-for-spectacular-sinkholes-in-china/

Topic:
Are there any reasonable explanations for spectacular sinkholes in China?

Author: Peter Foster

This story introduced a strange phenomenon that some sinkholes suddenly appeared across China. With some nice pictures (no reference), Mr. Foster described this big disaster and the media reaction in China. He also analyzed the discussion related to 2012, which presented different opinions among the public.

These strange sinkholes are quite newsworthy and people want to know what happened in China and the reason why this happened. It is exactly an interesting story published to discuss these sinkholes.

The problem is the picture below.

Eye-catching picture, isn’t it? Such a big hole among mountains.

Mr.Foster described this picture as “On April 27, several sinkholes appeared one after another in Yinbin City.”

That is a big mistake.

It is not “sinkhole” at all and it has been there for thousands of years, not just appeared “On April 27”.The big hole in this picture is another impressive geological phenomenon called “Karst Tiankeng”.

You may notice that Peter Foster” was formerly the Daily Telegraph's South Asia Correspondent based New Delhi from 2004-2008”. Having four years journalism experience, people still make mistakes when writing in blog.

Currently, blogging may be considered as an alternative to traditional journalism for its increasing popularity. More and more citizens participate actively in the process of collecting, reporting, and analyzing news. But the credibility and accuracy of blogging still needs to be examined. Although blogging may have less political bias, one limitation of blogging news is the personal bias, including excessive prejudices and misunderstandings. Differing from traditional media, which contain investigative journalism, most bloggers simply present partial fact based on personal experiences, due to lack of time and resources.

I am a blogger, too. Don’t trust me before you Google the information in my blog. If you find any mistakes in my blog before 2012, just let me know---I don’t want the new creatures on the earth laughing at me.

Want to know more about these big holes? Click this(from YouTube):

You everyday life and 2012 doomsday

2010-08-15T00:21:00.009+10:00

Source:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/science/17essay.html

Topic:
Is Doomsday Coming? Perhaps, but Not in 2012

Author:
Dennis Overbye

When everyone is talking about 2012, worrying that 2012 will be the end of human, we do need some opinion from authorities and experts. Based on this background, Mr.Overbye summarized the relevant information from NASA and CERN, interviewed some scientists, and explain the possible disasters which have been presented in the movie 2012.

I really like the author use a little humor to relate this science news to everyday life. If the end of human isn’t in 2012, we still need to “keep up those mortgage payments”. What a “bad” news!

But this article seems a little lack of logic order or sense. The story keeps jumping from what the experts says to the background then to the Mayans, which make it a little confusing. The better structure may follow this order: news lead, background (including Mayans legend), NASA and CERN opinion, and expert opinion.

In terms of the design and structure of this website, the section “related Searches “gives the links to NASA and CERN. Moreover, a lot of keywords such as “climate change”, ”sun”, ”earth” are linked to the relevant New York Times websites. All these links are very helpful and convenient for readers.

This is Hyperlink, the magic of online news.

For example，the article mentioned that “announcements by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in the form of several Web site postings and a video posted on YouTube”, I clicked the “video posted on YouTube”, then I got this video(although it seems like not in YouTube but VIMEO).

The Truth about 2012 from NASA Lunar Science Institute on Vimeo.

Want to know more? Click here to read some interesting opinions and reactions about 2012:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5301284&page=3

crime news&entertainment news

2010-08-07T20:45:00.003+10:00

It it a little a weire.

What I am interested in are two aspects:crime news and entertainment news.

The 1st element in online news

2010-08-02T20:53:00.003+10:00

In terms of online news,what is the most important element to attract readers?

The answer are two:videos and more pictures.

online news~start it!

2010-08-01T12:37:00.002+10:00

From this week, I will start to analyze some onlinenews in some specific field.
Follow me.

Online and mobile media

2010-07-25T00:17:00.001+10:00

If the press media can be called " sunset",
then online media may be "sunshine",
and mobile media can be "sunrise".

It is quite worth to discuss the news style of online and mobile journalism.