Have you ever read an online news article that includes giving viewers the chance to comment on that article? Have you ever engaged in conversation in the comments section? Well if so, you are engaging in news as conversation. In Briggs’ Chapter 10 of journalism NEXT, managing news as a conversation is discussed. In today’s times, many news outlets have panels to talk about news stories. Rather than giving actual facts, many opinions are given. If you want to be a journalist of today, you need to learn how to engage in a collaborate audience.
One popular way to engage in a collaborate audience is to converse with viewers on social media. For example, many new outlets allow viewers to share photos as well as make comments on their stories. Some of the comments shared are negative, but viewers want to be able to share their whether good or bad. Managing news as a conversation is important to journalists of today because the changes of technologies change your audience. Therefore your audience will want different ways to have their news delivered to them. Such ways including being able to voice their opinion on Facebook or Twitter.
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Brandon McNeil 