Beijing time on November 1 news, the famous American technology news and blog site founder of polymerization Techmeme gabriel Rivera (Gabe Rivera) reveals a lot about Techmeme included news of standards, and points out the technology news writing when the right way and wrong practices.
(editor's note: this article mentioned writing "secret" does not only apply to the Techmeme technology news, but also for all tech news writers, editors, polymerization web site have the important reference value. In addition, the ordinary reader can also through this paper understand science and technology news in the "learning" behind, and reading the news when a ponder and think.)
The following is the text:
Almost all major news publishers have asked we kind of question: "why do you send their posts, and do not send us?" Or "the same thing, why we first out of the article, but but you chose their?" So, perhaps it is time to explain the problem. If you not by writing science news to make a living, then you can skip the next content; But if you are to eat this rice, please patience on reading.
If you want to understand Techmeme selection criteria of the article, the first to understand our objective, namely: in a page on the web technology news and focus on major latest comments. We hope to be all the attention of industry trends required website, no matter they are investors, engineers, entrepreneurs, management or technology enthusiasts.
We focus on the content of the science and technology news site more than most widely: both hardware and software, both characters also have products, but also including industry events, trend, creative, company, policy and culture. But our covers a range isn't too wide: "science and technology" to us is not including biological technology or green technology; We will not release the only program developers understand, or only die-hard gamers appreciate content; In addition, we also don't those invariable prescriptive advice or sexual article, we pay attention to those changes or change things or not the same new things.
We focus on comprehensive, don't pass any important story; We also pay attention to efficiency, the big news from occurs to the time been reports of minutes and not hours computing; We also pay attention to browse the promptness of, the title to do is clear and do not break the details. Finally, we hope we have links to the story in the busy harvest satisfaction among readers of reading experience, so the article should be written in nice, neat, concise and comprehensive advertising, and in the proper place attach corresponding link.
The news publishers means what?
First of all, can in Techmeme made headlines on the articles including of the following categories:
1, wonderful exclusive big news: news content has the great significance, text was brief and no omissions, face to all readers, and add to the concise and do not break the details of the title. This story is always can move Techmeme, this is no surprise.
2, extremely exciting but not exclusive big news: sometimes some big news quickly appeared in many press website, such as some company press release out. For the same event, Techmeme usually only choose a story, so it should be the best one. Title clearly, reported two points is full; Background and the intro, correlation analysis and picture is also a bonus. The accident of time is very important also: we hope that we can quickly issued great news, so if too time consuming will miss the chance. But the first article of the hair will not necessarily will be used, if the article out early but write very bad, it is no good.
3, although not (so) great, but very interesting news: even if your news is not very eye-catching, but if it interesting enough, and could move Techmeme. If it meets our aim (see above), and can be our automatic crawl and/or our editorial found that it "list" of the most likely. How to increase the possibility of we found? First of all, to suggest that people will be the link to science and technology blog, especially those who Techmeme often link technology blog; Second, when everybody will be the link to Twitter, can add "Tip @ Techmeme" to give Techmeme send warning. Above two kinds of skills can help Techmeme found that it never link or grab a blog or website. Links and Twitter remind applies equally to the 1, 2 on two kinds of news, but for the news more significant influence.
Understand the Techmeme favored by the article type after that, we come to see "the correct approach" and "wrong practices" are what:
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