Details mean everything

What is missing with Web based journalism? Perhaps a lot when you look at the details and articulation of the writing. In print journalism you typically have a staff comprised of journalists, copywriter editors and perhaps a few layers of managing editors. With this type of organization you get a lot of fact checking and double fact checking. Every word and phrase is laid out with a specific purpose and position. The grammar is woven together to set a structure that rivals only that of a skilled masonry building wall. I suspect these efforts are not time tested until you test them in a different medium, such as the Web. In most cases a journalist is out there in the real world actually getting the story and checking the facts and experiencing the environment that the story is about. While you might think these subtle details don’t mean much, it always does when you get right down to what is really being reported.

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It is interesting to see what you actually missed by not actually being there. Nothing takes the place of actually being there and experiencing the moment. When you are not there, you want the most accurate reporting that you get your hands on. In print media you get that articulate reporting and when necessary you get that other stuff that creates a meaningful story.