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[edit] Feedback

I've been working on the stub for Broadcast Journalism. I'd appreciate any feedback anyone has as well as any suggestions for further expansion on the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmac9986 (talk • contribs) 00:59, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citations Needed

"Most Internet users agree that on-line sources are often less biased and more informative than the official media. This claim is often backed with the belief that on-line journalists are merely volunteers and freelancers who are not paid for their activity, and therefore are free from corporate ethics. But recently many Internet forums began to moderate their boards because of threat of vandalism, which many users see as a form of censorship." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.47.123.121 (talk) 18:52, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clean-Up Request

This article is a little bit hard to understand because some information seemed to be just thrown in wherever. I cleaned up parts of it, but there's still several parts I was afraid to go into. The information could be better ordered and could go under more headings.

More than that, though, there are several things that border on self-promotion to me:

  • Mention of the News & Observer near the top (unless it was really important to online journalism)
  • Mention of Indy Media at the top of the "Work outside traditional press" section
  • Mention of About.com and Expatica near the bottom of the "Work outside traditional press" section (do they have anything to do with journalism?)

And then there's the National Guard service mention, about the CBS report on President Bush's service record and how it was discredited. Yes, blogs were important in that incident. Perhaps more detail on what actually happened would be nice. (I hesitate to leave this in; I don't want to open a can of worms since the incident is so recent. I fear that it could escalate into an edit war between a handful of politically-charged people.) I'm staying out of it because I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to "Memogate."

When I have more time, I'll see what I can do. Thank you for your patience. -Oddtoddnm 07:48, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

This article has some problems, but the N&O mention is not among them. Sources TK. Maurreen (talk) 08:30, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
I think the problem with the N&O mention is that it practically begins the article. Defining online journalism does not need to begin with an example of an early leader. In a rewrite of the article, the wording about N&O should be retained (I know why it's mentioned, the people behind nando.net were my heroes) but perhaps it should be under a subheading of pioneers. Tale 05:31, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
Given what wikipedia is, this article is surprisingly weak at present. I am about to link to it from Hurricane Katrina and it would be nice to have a stronger description given the number of people who turn to online journalism sources and the issues that online journalism have raised during this crisis. Sbwoodside 05:49, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
I (eventually) found this article, after searching for Internet Journalism and Web Journalism first (I've never come across the term Online Journalism before, despite that being one of my areas of work!), and Oddtoddnm is right, it's not very well written and there are lots of problems with it, especially the "Work outside traditional press" section, which refers to things that aren't relevant, such as the passage on conflict resolution. I'm happy to have a bash at doing a rewrite/clean-up, but god knows when I'll get the time! Brodders 18:46, 9 September 2005 (UTC)