After watching the video on online editing, I realized that many editors have their own ways of making decisions on what to include in their news packages. There is not one clear cut process.
While different editors do not follow the exact same process, there are trends which pop up on most news websites. The latest trend is that of user-contributed content which can be seen in even the most popular of news sites. CNN.com has I-Reports and MSNBC has FirstPerson.
I am torn on the subject because while I think user-contributed content is a great way to get stories from around the world from different perspectives, I also feel that the news organizations may be taking advantage of these "free" reporters.
Personally, I have never contributed anything to any news source. This is probably because I don't usually carry my camera or camcorders around with me. While cell phone videos are becoming more popular, I haven't really figured out how to use mine well yet! Honestly, even if I did, unless I captured an event that could help solve a crime or could be put to good use, I don't think I would consider contributing my media.
Along with user-contributed content on news sites, it seems to me that news online in general has become more informal than print news. By informal, I mean that it has become more user-friendly and has the viewer in mind when creating a story package. News becomes more like a conversation because it is interactive.
This has changed the way news is produced because not only must the story be important to us, it must also be eye-catching and interesting or the viewers will find it elsewhere. Online producers must now think of the most creative ways to present the news to the public in a way that wasn't important before!
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