SUMMARY OF FREQUENTLY ASK QUESTION ON ONLINE JOURNALISM

what is online journalism?
Before going to know what online journalism is, one must
understand what journalism is. Journalism can be defined
as the gathering, sifting and dissemination of information.
The information can be disseminated though newspaper,
magazine, broadcasting which is television and radio, also
through online media such as blogs and networking sites.

So online journalism is also known as digital journalism. It
is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial
content is distributed through the internet as opposed to
publishing through print or broadcasting. In online
journalism, the information is being passed through digital
media platforms.

One can simply say online journalism is the dissemination
of information through the internet.

            what are the advantages of online journalism?
The digital online has contributed much to the widespread of
the practice of journalism.
Online journalism has made distance very near and
interactive. The writer/reporter and reader can interact on a
write up.

                    Disadvantages
Many writers that have the idea of writing and have blogs to
pass their information has started affecting the traditional
journalism.
Difference between online and traditional journalism; online
journalism can be published as they happen. But in
traditional journalism, printing of information like breaking
news takes long processes before getting to the readers.

what are the difference between online journalism and traditional journalism?

One of the different between traditional and online journalism is that online journalism can be published as they happen. online journalism has the advantage of  now and later through the device that was used to disseminate it just as in print, film or broadcast publications. Articles are easily accessed. But when it is said orally on radio or television it can not be called back unless it is recorded or transcribed.

In online journalism, any mistake made that have been passed to the public can not be deleted but in traditional journalism mistakes can be rectified by rewriting the story which was mistakenly sent to the public.

Online journalism gives room for interaction between the reader and the writer.
it also give room for the  use of multimedia elements in the interactive section. For example as a reader one can write back to the writer his or her idea on the writeup that was disseminated.

How has the internet affected print journalism?
The internet is a time saving research resource for journalists and editors especially for reporters looking for a background. it has giving room for freelancing, many people that are not journalists are bloggers.

The print journalists on field report their information to their various organisation to publish through the help of internet.

What influences do online journalists have on their audiences, in comparism to mass media journalists?
In online journalism, audiences are smaller than the mass media audience but both have influence on their audience. They choose which story to report from a particular point.