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Dal Hayer
Dal Hayer is author of articles written on topics such as Article Writing, creative writing & blogging. For more information, please visit : www.thearticleblogs.com.
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Online journalism is the hot, underrated career online that few people truly understand. As an online journalist for the past years, I’ve made more money online than in print. How? I’ll tell you that, first with a history lesson.
What is Online Journalism?
It’s no longer merely newspapers going online like The New York Times. Today, it’s the wide reach of internet readers demanding constant streams of quality content. From Salon.com, perhaps the greatest of the online journalism fields and most successful, to the millions of blogs available, online journalism is different from traditional journalism, and many other forms of freelance writing too. There are some key differences, like the whole social media movement and the use of keywords. Let’s start with social media.
Social Media – Web 2.0
Social Media is the new keyword for what once was called Web 2.0. Simply put, social media allows more tools for online writers and readers. You can become more active, building different forms of income. It sounds complicated, but once you try out a blog, for example, and submit to social news sites like Digg or Stumble Upon, you have more understanding of social media than most. It’s an evolution online, and continues to grow and make online journalism quite successful.
What do you write?
Typically the online journalist will pen articles for sites across the net, all different kinds of articles on countless topics, and do so using keywords. Keywords, most know, are just the way search engines find certain articles. One example of an online journalism market is Associated Content, a site home to tens of thousands
of online writers who are publishing, and getting paid for, thousands of different articles. You write, mostly, what you are most experienced in. That’s in the beginning. Then you develop more by researching.
What do you get paid?
The old story is online journalists won’t get paid, or if they do, won’t get paid much. In some cases, this is true. A beginning online journalist may get paid a few pennies for an article. However, once you get experience and keep writing, making upwards of $100 an article is possible. For example, I sold one article on journalism to two separate sites, pulling in $100 for one article.
Online journalism is much easier to break into than print journalism, which is why in the beginning you may get paid only dollars and cents for certain articles. However, you can make far more in online journalism than print journalism … sometimes. My advice is to do both.
Writing for Print and Online Markets:
This is the best strategy for any journalist. Tapping into online markets means branching out, while still freelancing or editing for print newspapers which provides good experience (and looks great on a resume). You need to study, however, and need to keep learning, as well as handle many rejections. Don’t know what a lead is? Your headline needs work? You don’t have to take a class, but studying major newspapers and online markets helps, as does reading top journalism writing books. The most basic journalism pieces incorporate who, what, why, when, and how elements.
Online journalism is here to stay, can be profitable, and is often as enjoyable as any other form of writing.
Article Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/2/Dal-Hayer
What is Online Journalism?
It’s no longer merely newspapers going online like The New York Times. Today, it’s the wide reach of internet readers demanding constant streams of quality content. From Salon.com, perhaps the greatest of the online journalism fields and most successful, to the millions of blogs available, online journalism is different from traditional journalism, and many other forms of freelance writing too. There are some key differences, like the whole social media movement and the use of keywords. Let’s start with social media.
Social Media – Web 2.0
Social Media is the new keyword for what once was called Web 2.0. Simply put, social media allows more tools for online writers and readers. You can become more active, building different forms of income. It sounds complicated, but once you try out a blog, for example, and submit to social news sites like Digg or Stumble Upon, you have more understanding of social media than most. It’s an evolution online, and continues to grow and make online journalism quite successful.
What do you write?
Typically the online journalist will pen articles for sites across the net, all different kinds of articles on countless topics, and do so using keywords. Keywords, most know, are just the way search engines find certain articles. One example of an online journalism market is Associated Content, a site home to tens of thousands
What do you get paid?
The old story is online journalists won’t get paid, or if they do, won’t get paid much. In some cases, this is true. A beginning online journalist may get paid a few pennies for an article. However, once you get experience and keep writing, making upwards of $100 an article is possible. For example, I sold one article on journalism to two separate sites, pulling in $100 for one article.
Online journalism is much easier to break into than print journalism, which is why in the beginning you may get paid only dollars and cents for certain articles. However, you can make far more in online journalism than print journalism … sometimes. My advice is to do both.
Writing for Print and Online Markets:
This is the best strategy for any journalist. Tapping into online markets means branching out, while still freelancing or editing for print newspapers which provides good experience (and looks great on a resume). You need to study, however, and need to keep learning, as well as handle many rejections. Don’t know what a lead is? Your headline needs work? You don’t have to take a class, but studying major newspapers and online markets helps, as does reading top journalism writing books. The most basic journalism pieces incorporate who, what, why, when, and how elements.
Online journalism is here to stay, can be profitable, and is often as enjoyable as any other form of writing.
Article Source: http://www.thearticleblogs.com/authors/2/Dal-Hayer