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]]> By: Nick Booth http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/02/26/telegraphstyleguide/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Nick Booth Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:35:06 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/02/26/telegraphstyleguide/#comment-415 Hi Mark, They are different media, unless you're a media company who does not want to pay to reversion material for print and web. I think increasingly writers will write for the web - and there material will appear in various print places. Such elements of style guides may well be aimed very much at people who thought they would spend their whole career finishing a piece at 7pm to be read at 7am. Hi Mark,

They are different media, unless you’re a media company who does not want to pay to reversion material for print and web. I think increasingly writers will write for the web – and there material will appear in various print places.

Such elements of style guides may well be aimed very much at people who thought they would spend their whole career finishing a piece at 7pm to be read at 7am.

]]> By: Mark http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/02/26/telegraphstyleguide/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Mark Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:25:47 +0000 http://podnosh.com/blog/2008/02/26/telegraphstyleguide/#comment-414 I definitely agree with the headline bit. I'm forever having to re-read headlines in my feed reader because they don't make sense the first time as they've been cut so short. However I'm not sure that the distinction between publishing for print and publishing for the Web has to fade: they're two different media for two different audiences. People generally take time over a newspaper, casually reading it on the train or sitting at home on a Sunday (complete with pipe and slippers). People don't give over the same amount of time when reading online because it's just not as comfortable, so brevity is the key when it comes to online copy. I think many of the same journalistic rules still apply, but there does need to be a clear distinction between print and Web copy, I think. I definitely agree with the headline bit. I’m forever having to re-read headlines in my feed reader because they don’t make sense the first time as they’ve been cut so short.

However I’m not sure that the distinction between publishing for print and publishing for the Web has to fade: they’re two different media for two different audiences.

People generally take time over a newspaper, casually reading it on the train or sitting at home on a Sunday (complete with pipe and slippers). People don’t give over the same amount of time when reading online because it’s just not as comfortable, so brevity is the key when it comes to online copy.

I think many of the same journalistic rules still apply, but there does need to be a clear distinction between print and Web copy, I think.

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