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By: ‘Chunking’ online content? Don’t assume we start at the same point | Online Journalism Blog

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:11:39 +0000

[...] I’ve worked with students on investigations which were ’chunked’ into different elements (data; multimedia; explaine…) I’ve noticed the same opportunity: each ‘chunk’ is its own homepage: a possible [...]

By: Moving away from ‘the story’: 5 roles of an online investigations team | Stories & Streams

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:00:33 +0000

[...] More detail on the roles assigned to students as part of the ‘Stories and Streams’ approach can be found on this post. [...]

By: 6 ways to get started in community management | Online Journalism Blog

6 ways to get started in community management | Online Journalism Blog — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:34:13 +0000

[...] from my previous post on the network journalist role, and as part of a wider experiment around the 5 roles in an investigations team, I wanted to flesh out what exactly a community editor role means when adopted as part of a [...]

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Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:20:41 +0000

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By: Online Journalism Blog | 5 roles of an online investigations team ::similar to J-Desk newsroom model:: « Newsplexer

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:01:51 +0000

[...] The Network Aggregator (NA)The NA is the person who keeps the site ticking over while the rest of the team is working on the bigger story. They publish regular links to related stories around the country. They are also the person who provides the wider context of that story: what else is happening in that field or around that issue; are similar issues arising in other places around the country. Typical content includes backgrounders, explainers, and updates from around the world. Read the full piece at onlinejournalismblog.com [...]

By: Paul Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:57:14 +0000

Hi Julie,

Yes that’s explained in a document given to students – I should have explained that in the post. Will update. Here it is:

At an identified point, the Editor will need to organise his or her team to bring those ingredients into that bigger story – and it may be told in different ways, for example:
A longform text narrative with links to the source material and embedded multimedia
An edited multimedia package with links to source material in the accompanying description
A map made with Google Maps, Fusion Tables or another tool, where pins include images or video, and links to each story

By: Julie Westfall

Julie Westfall — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:18 +0000

What do you imagine the significant whole looks like? I imagine it could take many forms. Is it simply tied together in a topic page? Is it just an ongoing stream of posts and documents and interactives? How do you provide context?

By: Mkhululi Mpofu

Mkhululi Mpofu — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:43:09 +0000

Paul this is an interesting piece. Its more like breaking the story into small pieces where the journalists focus and delve deep away from the main story only to bring everything back together again. I can imagine the huge task that the editor has of keeping the journalists back on focus on the main story. Why I say so is that in the process of investigating story [ A ], story [ B ]surfaces which steers the journalist off track to the point that story [ A ]becomes a protracted never ending story.

By: Länkar från vecka 5 // Anna Norberg

Länkar från vecka 5 // Anna Norberg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:44:25 +0000

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By: Les compétences nécessaires d'une équipe d'investigation au sein d'une rédaction | La Lorgnette | Scoop.it

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:05:48 +0000

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