This blog was created for an Online Journalism class at Santa Clara University. Over the next 8 weeks I will be analysing the way news is presented online.
I will be using mainstream news websites such as the NY Times, LA Times as well as news blogs such as Pajama's Media and Think Progress and finally community blogs such as Latino Politico and JackandJill. I will compare and contrast these different mediums in order to give myself and my audience an idea of what type of news is available to us on the Internet.
In class we discussed the criteria that qualifies a website as a News blog, Community news blog, or a mainstream news site. Similarly, we came up with a set of expectations that we, as news consumers, have for these various sites. In my personal exploration of online news pages I will examine the quality of information presented, the variety of topics that each site covers and the style of the web page as a whole.
With my observations I hope to become a stronger interpreter of news, a better writer and a more well informed citizen.
Keeping these goals in mind, I would first like to touch upon the issue of accuracy. As individuals coming to the news, we expect that what is being published in quality publications will be truthful and unbiased. We can expect that professional journalists will have found credible sources and shined a truthful light on the subject matter. However, with the introduction of the Internet there are many people that can report was is "news." Therefore, it is important to do research of our own, and shine a critical eye on what is fact and what is opinion.
Blogs, I think it is fair to say, are often biased and/or opinionated. If I am doing this well, my entries should have a level of opinion --for the sake of keeping things interesting if for nothing else. With this said, I will maintain my own level of accuracy and in-depth analysis and I am welcome to comment and discussion.
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