News Genius - News Genius Annotation Ideas lyrics

News Genius Annotation Ideas 1. Page level annotation / Headline annotation: This should typically be anchored on the piece's headline or the text's title, and provide a framework for the rest of the annotations on the page. The annotation should provide a concise answer to “Why is this article significant?” What is your “thesis of the page”? Other similar ideas: why did the author write about this issue now? Are they trying to persuade the reader into a particular point of view? Who is the intended audience for the piece? This type of annotation often benefits from collaboration: if you think something is missing from one, add a comment. Here's an example of a good page-level annotation: 2. Annotating a direct quote: What does the quote literally mean? Does it refer to another moment in time, a figure in play, an element of culture? How has it been interpreted by others? Are people tweeting about it? What has the speaker said about it since its initial utterance? Here's an example: 3. Byline annotation: Interesting facts about the piece's authors or editors, anchored to their byline. Simply copying and pasting a writer's bio isn't going to do much more than save readers a click. Make sure you're doing some synthesis in your annotation and adding information that adds particular value in context. Jay Carney's use of Medium to criticize a New York Times piece on Amazon, for instance, offered an opportunity for comment: 4. Fact-check: annotation is a powerful tool with which to verify or disprove controversial claims. This example fact-checks the use of a rusty statistic, while this one confirms what seems like a controversial accusation. 5. Meta-media crit: Why did the author set the article up this way? Why was an interviewer asking a specific question? Which techniques are effective, and more importantly, why? Here, a journalist questions the structure of a Presidential debate. 6. Verified annotations / Annotators with page-level label: Annotated pages benefit greatly from the insights of the people who wrote and edited them, and the people who they're written about. Annotations from people in this category should address things like: what it was like writing the piece, what was left on the cutting room floor, or what it was like being interviewed. In particular, when a source in a story is making annotations, they should address things like: were you fairly treated in the piece? Is this quote or anecdote accurate? Is a particular quote taken out of context? Did you mean or say something different? what's missing from the reporting? What else do readers need to know? You can find these types of annotators on Twitter and @ them when you share the story, or you can email them using this template. Here's a recent example, which incidentally got the highest number of Web Annotator upvotes of all time.