In the second week of my online journalism class I learned how to write a story using the online platform Storify. Storify is a great step in the right direction for journalism because it incorporates the readers in the story more than any other medium.

What is Storify?

Storify not only allows you to publish articles on an intuitive platform, but also lets you insert media from popular social networking sites such as Twitter. You write the story just like you would a normal article, except instead you getting quotes from interviews, you can use peoples’ tweets. This adds even greater value to social networking sites and gives your article a unique edge over other articles.

The basic layout of Storify

Other media

In addition to importing tweets, you can also include posts on Facebook and videos from YouTube and Vimeo with built in search tools. You can also add media from other sites as simply as pasting a URL.

It’s easy

The intuitive layout allows you to search and find what you’re looking for in no time and adding it to your article is as simple as dragging and dropping.

Storify is currently in beta and George Mason University has been given the privilege to test it out. With large news outlets increasingly relying on social networks for news and to find out how to appeal to readers, Storify seems like a natural next step in the fast-evolving world of journalism.

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