I Can Haz Hyperlink?

I think the most important thing we've learned so far is the structure of a news article and how to write one. The inverted pyramid and bottom up editing have been helpful because it shows how a real newspaper would run its articles. I hope to continue to learn what makes a story interesting to someone, how to obtain a larger readership, and what to do to keep people reading. I have learned that news can vary greatly in how it is presented and its accuracy. News can be biased or objective, fact filled or fluff.

The ways we look at different types of media (such as blogs and wikis) was also important as it helped to better understand the type of news on these sites and the people who post them. For example, by reading many different types of blogs, it will be easier to determine which blogs are interested in reporting the "facts" (though it is next to impossible to remove all personal bias when writing in such a personal way) and which blogs blatantly put a spin on a story. In the future, I hope to learn more about the different ways media can be manipulated and to continue to work on writing news articles and more informal forms of journalism.