Both SunSentinel.com and MiamiHerald.com are trusted sources of information in South Florida.
In the spirit of online writing, it would help if both papers put the attribution at the beginning of summary sentences on the homepage. While this is not typically done in print, online it helps boost reader confidence in the information.
Although to be fair, SunSentinel.com has far fewer summary sentences on the homepage, so it might help to work the attribution in to the headline.
It did with this one, BSO: Man hit teen with cinderblock after Halloween prank. Since homepages aren’t good for SEO, would it really hurt all that much?
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Few papers use the sourcing high up, because 1) most of them are still writing primarily for print, even if the story is posted early online and 2) they feel their brand will let readers know the story is credible. Starting w/ the source is much more important on lesser known websites, blogs, etc. But the chance that people will come across a story on Google, etc., makes me think the sourcing high up is still a good idea.
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