The reproduction of print onine??

Being a person who is extremely interested in online journalism, I would like to say that news sites are producing a whole new type of journalism, totally different to what we see in papers and magazines everyday. But unfortunately, I don't think they are. Not yet anyway.

After having looked at some of the feature links, I think it seems like alot of these sites are scared of moving away from the formality of a news paper feature. Surely the point of the internet is to have a little freedom and do something a bit daring?

To name a few. The Wired articles appear to be taken straight from the magazine on pasted onto a webpage. This pattern occures throughout the whole site, and if anythings seems a bit lazy.

The piece on Glen Reynalds was very dissapointing. A piece about blogging, which in its self is a great example of how the internet is being used to bring changes to journalism, is layed out just like an Q&A in a magazine, it even uses pull quotes. In a magazine this is a very attractive way to lay out a page, but on a computer screen it looks very confusing.

I think the features from the Guardian Unlimited show a little more of what the internet can do for a story. They are brief, but use links to expand on the story and give readers the choice.