Online journalism is taking over the news industry ever since the Internet has been invented. Though online journalism is replacing the traditional media nowadays but there are still some factors affecting the preparation and the delivery of online news. According to Allan (2006), time could be an important key factor affecting the preparation and delivery of online news.
Immediacy has become the main reason for online news adoption. People want to get updated very quickly of what is happening around the world. In order to do so, online news websites provide minute to minute coverage when there is a breaking news. Besides, Craig (2010) stated pressure and competition among different online news website can be another key factors. Online news website need to compete with each other by producing the faster, updatable news story to their audiences.
BBC which often provide latest information and has wider audiences allow them to beat other competitors. BBC is able to follow the time frame and the news is often accurate. For example, BBC did a good job in covering and reporting the latest incident which was happened in China yesterday. BBC was able to send their crew to the scene and record a footage after the explosion. Journalist has interviewed the victims of the China explosion immediately after the incident was happened. With those footage, audiences are able to know more details about the incident and have a brief idea of what is actually happening in there through the video.
References
Allan, S 2006, Online News: Journalism and the Internet, McGraw-Hill Education, New York, viewed 13 August 2015, https://books.google.com.my/books?id=sC6xoPqrrlwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Craig, DA 2010, Excellence in online journalism: Exploring current practices in an evolving environment, Sage Publications Inc, California, viewed 13 August 2015,
https://books.google.com.my/books?id=BwOZ_xfmQtUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
News, BBC 2015, China explosion ‘blew me away’, online video, viewed 13 August 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oewF4Q3xu9M
News, BBC 2015, China explosion: Drone footage shows Tianjin blast site, online video, viewed 13 August 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTRqVtXFuqQ
Jane Lee 