Jim Rankin of the Toronto Star says that the development of the internet has changed the role of the print reporter in today’s world.
Not only will journalists have to hone their reporting skills, but new technological features of the World Wide Web have increased the responsibilities of newspaper reporters.
Rankin told a Ryerson University journalism class Monday “when you go out to report, it’s not just gathering quotes. You want to capture visuals because you don’t know if you’re going to need it down the line.”
Rankin was one of the key players who helped design the Crime & Punishment website of the Toronto Star, an interactive site built on hours of hard work and a number of Freedom of Information Requests on behalf of Rankin.
Now when Rankin goes out to find a story, a pen and a notebook are not enough. Capturing video, pictures and collecting raw data has helped to add interactive elements to the site which allow readers to see correlations between all of the information provided and also helps to provide more context for them.
Not only will journalists have to hone their reporting skills, but new technological features of the World Wide Web have increased the responsibilities of newspaper reporters.
Rankin told a Ryerson University journalism class Monday “when you go out to report, it’s not just gathering quotes. You want to capture visuals because you don’t know if you’re going to need it down the line.”
Rankin was one of the key players who helped design the Crime & Punishment website of the Toronto Star, an interactive site built on hours of hard work and a number of Freedom of Information Requests on behalf of Rankin.
Now when Rankin goes out to find a story, a pen and a notebook are not enough. Capturing video, pictures and collecting raw data has helped to add interactive elements to the site which allow readers to see correlations between all of the information provided and also helps to provide more context for them.
Maps of the Greater Toronto Area display the "unlucky horseshoe" as Rankin called it, known as the areas of the GTA where crime is most rampant and costly.
“The Star has gone beyond the information and has gone to cause and effect, several levels down in terms of reporting.”
“The Star has gone beyond the information and has gone to cause and effect, several levels down in terms of reporting.”
Photo Caption: A graph from the Toronto Star Crime & Punishment shows the most expensive areas of crime in the GTA. Photo taken from Toronto Star Crime & Punishment website.
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