Comments on: What do you think the Birmingham Post website should be like? http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2007/11/what-do-you-think-the-birmingham-post-website-should-be-like.html Mildly Sarcastic Since 2002 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:48:38 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Todd Nash http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2007/11/what-do-you-think-the-birmingham-post-website-should-be-like.html/comment-page-1#comment-446 Todd Nash Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:54:28 +0000 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2007/11/what-do-you-think-the-birmingham-post-website-should-be-like.html#comment-446 I think that comment sections on individual stories can work. This is what they do for my local newspaper back home and as you can see <a href="http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/comments/view.html?story_id=2018267" rel="nofollow">on a story from their site</a> it can produce interesting debate. In fact, when I read news on their site, I often read the opening paragraph or two and then skip straight to the comments. Some interesting ideas here though and well worth considering when designing the new site. Todd Nash <a href="http://www.turkeybrumstick.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Turkey Brumstick</a> I think that comment sections on individual stories can work. This is what they do for my local newspaper back home and as you can see on a story from their site it can produce interesting debate. In fact, when I read news on their site, I often read the opening paragraph or two and then skip straight to the comments.

Some interesting ideas here though and well worth considering when designing the new site.

Todd Nash

Turkey Brumstick

]]> By: Todd Nash http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2007/11/what-do-you-think-the-birmingham-post-website-should-be-like.html/comment-page-1#comment-445 Todd Nash Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:50:18 +0000 http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/2007/11/what-do-you-think-the-birmingham-post-website-should-be-like.html#comment-445 Definately agree with the points about linking. Online news gives newspapers the opportunity to be transparent about their sources but they so rarely are. Even when it is clear that much of the information has been taken from the Council website they still do not provide a link. From my experiences working in newspapers down in Reading, I find that the lack of links come because the reporter produces copy for print, which is added to the website by other staff without communication. Print is still key to reporters and online comes second. On the comment aspect, Definately agree with the points about linking. Online news gives newspapers the opportunity to be transparent about their sources but they so rarely are. Even when it is clear that much of the information has been taken from the Council website they still do not provide a link.

From my experiences working in newspapers down in Reading, I find that the lack of links come because the reporter produces copy for print, which is added to the website by other staff without communication. Print is still key to reporters and online comes second.

On the comment aspect,

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