Comments on: Telling stories online: Do you?

By: Do stories really matter? at Smudged Ink | By Brendan R. Watson

Do stories really matter? at Smudged Ink | By Brendan R. Watson — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:08:48 +0000

[...] McAdams posted a call for good storytelling earlier this week on her blog. I asked, “How relevant are stories to contemporary journalism.” I believe that focusing on stories, particularly individual’s stories, rather than stories of [...]

By: Meranda Writes » Blog Archive » The best stories are where the people are

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:46:21 +0000

[...] began to think about this after reading Mindy McAdams’ post highlighting something Andy Dickinson posted last week. It’s about the essence of stories and [...]

By: Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:02:05 +0000

How relevant are stories to contemporary, digital journalism? I think journalism should be evaluated on the quality and relevance of the information it presents, not on the story.

By: Angela Connor

Angela Connor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:07:15 +0000

As a former assignment manager and broadcast producer turned online community manager, I see at least three great stories in the comments area and blogs on my site everyday. That is because I am a trained journalist who can spot a story a mile away. Yes, stories do come from people, and online communities are filled with them. I am part of the community simply because I manage it. I couldn’t imagine having a tool such as this were I still assigning stories. Perhaps a task for your students could be to engage in an online community and find a story. I’ve sent two stories to reporters, that I found right in the community: A group of local students traveling around the country last summer to register people to vote, and teachers upset with a new “no zeros” policy handed down by school administrators which no longer allows them to give students zeros even when they don’t do the work. So, the stories can be found online. I only wish i was in a position to produce all that I see on a weekly basis.