Reflection

1. How Different is the writing style for online news from the writing styles for print and broadcast news?

-In online news you have to be creative in the formatting and the construction because online reader’s behaviors differ from those of printed news readers, so we must consider putting the most crucial of information in parts that will be most visible and most read. The multimedia capabilities of online news as well should be utilized strategically to enhance the quality of the article, also the usage of this possibility is one of the defining differences of broadcast and writing because in writing, the only media used are photographs. Also the spacing and the breaking habits in writing should be observed as the readers tend to rest their eyes at points like that, the article should also be as concise as it is informative to retain interest of the readers accessing the online news.

         2. What challenges did you encounter in adapting your print news story to the online format? How did you resolve these challenges

-At first I was confused because I thought that copying, pasting and a little tweaking would be enough but I really thought wrong because it was a little different than what I had expected because I had to put more time for the conceptualization and was pressured from the beginning up to now, I do not know if I did okay, but regardless I am thankful that I was able to finish and I hope I can satisfy a bit. I resolved these challenges through my sheer will to finish what I had started, I also tried a format very similar of those of rappler’s so I am pretty confident with my format, however I cannot say the same with my content because honest to God, this is my first time writing an article for an online news and that really is the part where I am insecure. As this semester is coming to a close I hope that I could’ve picked up a thing or two which I know I would, but moreover, I would like to improve in fields stated in the devcom series, I look forward for more activities and exercises such as this.