Good tips to read, remember and share with everyone in your newsroom
Good tips are worth remembering and repeating.
Here are some from Bill Dunphy
of Web U (via Mindy
McAdams)
- Are there original documents
you can link to?
- Are there any photographs
(related videos, sound files, slideshows)?
- Can you map it?
- Can you gather past stories
together and link to them?
- Can you post the audio or
video of an interview or a performance or a meeting?
- Can you direct readers to an
authoritative (external) site for more info?
- Can you invite comment or
start a conversation?
Dunphy has good descriptions and
explanations to go with each, like finding photos:
"You don't have to own a file to
share it with your audience. Need a photo of a coffee-addicted dog for a story
on off-leash dog parks? Go to Flickr's creative
commons site and search for what you need."
Easy and entertaining.