Sunday 7 February 2010

The digital brings more platforms to journalism


With the development of science and technology, the journalism has entered a new era. Everyone is going digital now, even to an industry which contact to newest things. Now, more and more reporters use the way of online journalism to work. So, the digital newsroom leads to a great change for journalism.

The digital newsroom brings more working platforms to journalism. The Digital newsroom and multi-media changing the way and platform of reporters usually work. Reporters only could be print journalist who only outputs in print in the old media time, whereas now they can use network resources, and even multi-platform and multi-media.


(1) Normally used multi-media tools When we usually use the network, a wide range of multimedia tools in front of us, these multi-media tools is an integral part of digital newsroom. In fact, our network is a comprehensive multi-media tool. When I search on some information about environment, I would like to connect the Internet firstly, and then enter a number of related words, such as climate, location, interesting place, ect. Then choose to connect the information I need, and then through Photoshop and FrontPage to edit and revise, at last, they will be used on my blog. Of course, I need many multi-media tools. For example: word, PowerPoint, flash etc. These will make journalism more digital.


(2) The effects and benefits of using multi-media
1. Vivid images, easier to understand. Through using a number of multi-media software, editing images, text, animation and sound, the article will be written as well as vivid, and it will be better to remember in the reader's mind.
2. Contains large amount of information. An ordinary CD-ROM can accommodate 10,000 on the books. People can access to a large number of effective message in a short time through the network.
3. InteractiveMulti-media technology allows electronic media to disseminate information interactively. Information receptor as well as the information releaser, the receptor and releaser could exchange information in same platform. This is last media can not do.

Therefore, the new media will change the way people's lives. Development and application of digital newsroom brings a new sense and experience to journalism.

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