Design Guidelines for Online Sites
July 28, 2000
Here are some design guidelines for online sites from Andrew DeVigal: Focus;
Identify your audience; Create a hierarchy based on the site?s strengths; Storyboard your user?s experience; Use contrast; Design with clarity; Design with an emphasis on usability; Establish visual and interactive consistency with site?s brand; Develop a living stylebook.
Integrating Old and New Media Newsrooms
July 26, 2000
Poynter’s Nora Paul looks at the hurdles to newsroom integration that have been set up by years of routines, attitudes, and protocols — and then offers some suggestions for overcoming them.
ASME: Best Practices for Digital Media
July 12, 2000
The American Society of Magazine Editors has written useful guidelines for how to maintain editorial integrity in online publications. ASME says Web sites should clearly identify who is controlling or paying for their content; clearly distinguish between editorial and ad content; and avoid embedding advertising links in editorial copy. Read the full guidelines.
Online Storytelling Forms
July 10, 2000
Here’s a look at how to tell stories online and the range of forms being used by major online news organizations. This list was the first comprehensive effort to document online storytelling forms (Has since been updated).