Using online forums to find sources

Posted by Martin Stabe on 13 March 2006 at 11:53
Tags: Journalism, Online, Sunday Times

Paul Bradshaw, who lectures in online journalism at the University of Central England, points out how journalists can dig up stories from online message boards.
He points to a story from Sunday Times medical correspondent Sarah-Kate Templeton, who scoured the online forums of Doctors.net.uk for her story on doctor’s views about controvertial plans to let nurses carry out some routine operations.

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