Trent’s “i’ve read Convergent Journalism readings” Blog

- does online writing vary in style because of the more targetted niche audience many sites serve? ie, a tech site reporting only tech news, where the readers understand the content thoroughly can be more informal about the facts

- add this to many sites not being run by ‘professional’ journalists, they feel they can write how they wish and don’t have the training to write ‘properly’

- while newspapers stick to the facts, online writing is often full of opinions, with a style where emphasis is achieved with *stars* or CAPS

- the web has a ‘rolling deadline’ where the story always needs to be written and published ASAP

- online news allows for multimedia elements to help tell the story