Developing and Ongoing Story Coverage
We have launched a new strategy for streamlining collaboration between NowPublic members on developing and ongoing stories. Staffers will place a common tag on related articles which will then generate a tag page which can be used to cover a developing story.
See here recent coverage of these ongoing events: Pakistan Protests, Georgia Riots, London Fires, and Bay Area Oil Spill.
If you notice a story or photo which relates to an ongoing story and is not tagged appropriately please post a comment here or contact me.
Comments (3)
Cyclone Sidr Coverage
tag: Sidr
This makes sense, but is it possible to add a "Related Stories" section to each story. You would need editors to be able to place a separate link section at the bottom of a page (or you could do it automatically with a script). Even better, have it close to the top just above photos and videos.
Example:
Severe weather kills 16 in Missouri, Oklahoma
Tiny Oklahoma Town Almost Destroyed as Tornadoes Rampage; At Least 19 Dead in OK & MO
While we're discussing it, there could be a "Further Research" section at the bottom or below the related section. In this case, a script would almost have to be utilized to scrape back over the past X months and look for stories with similar tags. These stories won't be directly related, but of further interest if people want to dig deeper.
Example:
Tornado touches down in Virginia
Good ideas, JD. In the past, I've tried to encourage cross-lining and sharing. I had hoped that something could be developed for the Olympics, as I said here.
I used to spend a lot of time making sure I added a cross-link on my stories to other NP contributors. I also always back-linked my stories, so that if you read something on a topic now, but I'd done prior stories, you could just follow the links.
When links were cross-posted between NP contributors, either in comments or in the story text area, it created a continuing reference. However,the problem is that others have to do it to make it work. I just got tired of making sure I commented on other related stories, cross-linked, etc. and wound up being a one-girl marching band. Yea, the uniform was cute and all that, but it took lots of time and kinda stalled out.