Does it matter whether a news story includes links to outside sources? Does it distract readers or enhance the experience? Does anyone even click on those links? These and other questions were discussed in a pair of posts by Jonathan Stray at Nieman Journalism Lab and Felix Salmon on Wired. Stray: "I can’t see any reason why readers shouldn’t demand, and journalists shouldn’t supply, links to all online resources used in writing a story."
March 10, 2012