A couple of weeks ago, I visited New York City for the annual media tour hosted by the journalism department. So when I found out that we had to go visit the Knoxville News Sentinel building, I didn't think it would come close to comparing to the newsrooms I saw in NYC. I had also had my fair share of newsrooms for the rest of the year, so I wasn't looking foward to yet another tour. I mean how many different cubicle types are there?
Surprisingly, the KNS offices were much nicer and bigger than alot of the ones I saw in NY. It seemed to be much more in order than ones I saw just a few weeks ago. I don't know if that has anything to do with the different locations, but KNS was very straightened up.
The few people that we met from the KNS were very nice and helpful. They taught us a lot about how KNS manages their website and how they are trying to get more and more people to visit their website as a reliable news source. A lot of their online stories feature print, photos and video.
Although the News Sentinel has a good website, when you read the website from the New York Times, you libel to get more information from the source. When I compared the story on the California wildfires on both websites, the NY Times had a much more in depth story with more related material as opposed to the Knox News website which just gave a short story and several links.
When you compare the same story to the CNN website, you notice how it's more recently updated thant the Knox News website Although it may not measure up to some bigger names in media, the Sentinel does a great job keeping us informed, on print and online, with events happening in our area and around the nation
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
You know you love New York
Ah yes, upon us now is the dawn of the second season of I Love New York 2, VH1's hit dating show. After the success of last season, Tiffany Pollard, better known as "New York", is taking another shot at love for herself. When New York got left unexpectedly by her chosen man last season, she decided to let VH1 capture her life on tape yet again.
Like every classic dating show on television, this season is expected to give us all the surprises, drama and sexual frustration we hope for on reality TV. Although some would think that this show is a joke, New York claims to be on a search for real love since her debut on Flavor of Love.
New York's outspoken personality and love for thugs should make for another great season of TV. Between a little person, her thugs, a few rich boys and the return of Chance, a favorite of last season, we should be left with some of the most dramatic TV ever.
Only two shows in, the new season is already living up to its expectations. Fights have already ensued, Sister Patterson, New York's mom, has continually disagreed with New York's choices and New York has already kicked someone out of her house, all while keeping around some of the most interesting men ever.
With many episodes left, you have to wonder whether or not New York will find true love this time around. The only way to find out is to tune in every Monday at 9 p.m. on VH1 to see which men truly have love for New York.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
It's a conversation, stupid
Have you ever wanted to post your own thoughts on a top news website and make yourself the composer of a story? Well now it's right at your fingertips. Websites are now making it possible for the audience to become the contributors. But is user-contributed content accurate and steady enough for mainstream media?
I think that user-contributed content is a very good idea, as long as it's kept at a minimum. After all, the users are the ones who keep the news afloat. If it weren't for the people that visit news websites and give feedback on stories, would we have anything to report?
Contributing our thoughts through news is a way of communicating with other people. By sharing through the web, people who want to read your response are capable of doing so. Not only would you care about the things you write about, but so will the people reading your point of view. People will be more liking to search for things that mean the most to them, and if it's people who are most like them, then they want to read what you have to say.
In the future, I think people will be able to get there ideas out there more than ever. The web is constantly changing and updating to make it easier for us to communicate. But I do think websites should control who gets to publish things there because lets face it, there are some ignorant people out there.
For people who don't think that online news is conversational, I think they just need to think more about it. It contains information that is of interest to a lot of people, it includes different insights, thoughts, ideas and personal experiences; all the things you do face to face. It may not be direct, but it's a conversation, stupid.
I think that user-contributed content is a very good idea, as long as it's kept at a minimum. After all, the users are the ones who keep the news afloat. If it weren't for the people that visit news websites and give feedback on stories, would we have anything to report?
Contributing our thoughts through news is a way of communicating with other people. By sharing through the web, people who want to read your response are capable of doing so. Not only would you care about the things you write about, but so will the people reading your point of view. People will be more liking to search for things that mean the most to them, and if it's people who are most like them, then they want to read what you have to say.
In the future, I think people will be able to get there ideas out there more than ever. The web is constantly changing and updating to make it easier for us to communicate. But I do think websites should control who gets to publish things there because lets face it, there are some ignorant people out there.
For people who don't think that online news is conversational, I think they just need to think more about it. It contains information that is of interest to a lot of people, it includes different insights, thoughts, ideas and personal experiences; all the things you do face to face. It may not be direct, but it's a conversation, stupid.
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