Editors' Blog | Journalism.co.uk » Oliver Luft http://blogs.journalism.co.uk Online journalism news Fri, 25 May 2012 15:55:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – get relevant blog content with Zemanta http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/09/25/tip-of-the-day-from-journalismcouk-94/ http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2008/09/25/tip-of-the-day-from-journalismcouk-94/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:34:34 +0000 Laura Oliver Zemanta - it sits in your blog's backend page and suggests related web material based on what you write. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Blogging: To get live referrals to images and related links to posts you are penning for your blog, try Zemanta – it sits in your blog’s backend page and suggests related web material based on what you write. Tipster: Oliver Luft To submit a tip to Journalism.co.uk, use this link – we will pay a fiver for the best ones published.

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Social Media: Twitter isn’t just for text messages – Tweetr reader allows you to send files up to 10MB through Twitter and TwitPic allows you to send images from your phone. Twiddeo allows you to do the same with video. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Social media: Want to divide your Twitter buddies into groups? You can set up pages to organise tweets from different crowds of twits using Crowdstatus.com. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Social media: Twitter user? Want to expand the number of people you follow? Use Twubble to find friends of your friends who might share your interests. Or try Twits Like Me. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Online publishing: Want to run quick and easy polls on your website or blog? Use Twiigs to set your own questions, choose multiple choice answers and cut and paste the code it provides onto your site – easy. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Writing web headlines: Be clear, concise and plan headlines for search engines – include appropriate keywords and phrases, full names – be more literal than in print. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Social media: Want to use social networks for niche subjects but bored with MyFace? Build your own using the ‘social network in a box’ development tool from Ning. A good example of a niche network in action is Wired Journalists. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Trainee reporters: keep a notepad and pen handy at all times. Sounds obvious, but you never know when an idea might hit you or when you will overhear a turn of phrase to add colour to your writing. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Slick searching: Using Google News to look for stories online that involve a news provider (eg BBC + Johnson), but Google keeps returning the search with BBC as the source? Use two plus symbols to get round it: Johnson ++ BBC. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Audio-visual: Shooting video for your news site? Avoid pans and zooms – it looks bad on the net and camera movement slows down the video stream. Talking heads might seem boring but they are very watchable online. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Online publishing: Do you know what people are searching for on your website? Check the logs for the most common search terms and see if what you are writing about matches what users want – you could be surprised. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Audio-visual: Slideshows are quick and easy to get on your newspaper website. Download soundslides.com (costs just a few dollars) and upload shows with audio commentary in Flash format. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Social networks: PCC Code:”Reporters have a moral obligation to protect confidential sources.” This means online too. Is it wise to have sources as Facebook friends? Two accounts perhaps? One social, one locked? Or offline only? Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Online publishing: Is your web framework hampering your storytelling? Then set up a blog alongside your existing site and add your videos/audio/slideshows/interactive maps to that. You can link from your existing news site and, if it’s a success, your bosses will take note. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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Blogging: Identify your interests. Are you an expert, just making a comment on a subject from an unbiased point of view or do you have a financial incentive? Honesty will secure readers/trust in the long run. Tipster: Oliver Luft

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