External Links

On most of the sites I have visited in relation to the subject of online journalism the lack of external links is a worrying trend. The only site so far that has exceeded my expectations in relation to this is www.drudgereport.com The fact that most of the news organization’s sites don’t externally link is a feature that must be reduced in the future to fully realise the potential of the internet in relation to journalistic practices.

 

Most of them just have internal navigational links that includes sections, blogs etc. They fear losing the reader however they could counteract this by opening the link in a new tab or window while keeping their site running. To retain a certain degree of journalistic credibility they must start to externally link a lot more in the future.

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