What's the point of internal comms?

What's the point of internal comms

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Statistics for journalists

From a recent course for working journalists:  Statistics for Journalists

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Urgency in news values

News editors undervalue the urgency of developing stories

UK news websites valued the threat of nuclear war
below less urgent stories that were closer to home

The BBC's cool news redesign

Web design is coming of age. Although it has received much criticism, the redesign of the BBC News website shows a detailed understanding of how people actually use news on the web. The whingers probably just need to get used to the new look and then they well start to discover how clever it is.

The useability of the BBC News website is the subject of a post on my new blog: Grow Your Own Website.

Context is king

This page tells web writers to explain to their readers the benefit of reading on. By including context, writers can do their jobs better and so become extremely rich.

It is not obvious who some websites are intended for or
how anyone would benefit from visiting.
Try the FSA for example.

The writer's voice

It has become fashionable for writers to have a voice but I am not convinced this is a good thing.* Writers are, by nature, peculiar people and you get more than enough of their eccentricities in the selection of material and posing of questions. We don't need their impressions or interpretations or, heaven forbid, feelings. We want those things from the people actually fighting the war or running the country or inventing the optical network devices.

Resources for web writers and editors

A list of resources useful for web writers and editors who are getting more involved with the technical side of web site development. The list is by no means exhaustive. If you have any site or service you wish to add please let me know by adding a comment.