wake up and smell the copy
Posted in internet, journalism on Mar 20th, 2010
Interesting blog post yesterday from BBC News editor Steve Herrmann, essentially asking “how should we link?” As Herrmann points out, the BBC has always provided relevant links – something I think is essential to good web journalism – but to date it hasn’t seemed comfortable bringing them into the body copy. That’s where the majority [...]
Posted in internet, online journalism, technology on Aug 20th, 2008
It’s embedded YouTube videos and embraced social bookmarking, but in one particular area BBC News Online has always remained a little old fashioned: related links have remained fenced in the right-hand navigation pane. Earlier, DanG spotted that the Beeb is trialling bringing links in from the cold; placing them in the body copy where they [...]
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