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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Tags: Journalism.co.uk, Oliver Luft, Online publishing, search terms
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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Tags: Audio, Journalism.co.uk, Oliver Luft
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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Tags: Facebook, Journalism.co.uk, Oliver Luft
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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Tags: blogging, Journalism.co.uk, news site, Oliver Luft, Online publishing, web framework
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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Tags: blogging, blogs, Journalism.co.uk, Oliver Luft
Research: Would you like to combine several RSS feeds into a single feed? Take a look at Yahoo Pipes for the definitive way to combine feeds (more tips here). Or try xFruits; it can turn RSS into email (or vice versa) too. Tipster: Oliver Luft
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Tags: Journalism.co.uk, Oliver Luft, RSS, Yahoo
Audio-visual: Online news videos/audio recordings/images should complement the story they accompany, not repeat it. Readers will not be happy if you simply ‘double-up’ on content. Tipster: Oliver Luft
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Tags: Audio, Journalism.co.uk, Oliver Luft, Online news videos/audio recordings/images, Standards, Video
Sources: News desk staff, add MySpace/Facebook and other social networking site checks to your morning story lead gathering – these sites are bursting with stories. Tipster: Oliver Luft
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Tags: Facebook, Journalism.co.uk, Myspace, Oliver Luft, social networking site checks
Freelancing: Bills from constant phone interviews costing you a packet? Get Skype: free to call other users; buy credit online for cheap-as-chips calls to landlines; and download a call recorder add-on to make MP3 recordings. Tipster: Oliver Luft
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Tags: Journalism.co.uk, MP3, Oliver Luft, Skype
Screen grabs: Unable to capture information that only appears when you hover your cursor over a link (eg dropdown menus)? Use the Apple Mac widget Screenshot Plus to delay the grab while you position your cursor. Tipster: Oliver Luft
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Tags: Journalism.co.uk, Oliver Luft
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