Tracking Trends
February 22, 2002
How do you keep track of what’s going on in all the states? Here’s “your source for state news.”
Enron Blame Game, Slate
February 20, 2002
Slate’s “Enron Blame Game” has been winning praise for the simple, clever way it depicts the complex relationships between all the parties involved in the Enron debacle. Click on one of the players and up pops an explanation of who they blame for the mess. Winner of the 2003 Online Journalism Award for Creative Use of the Medium.
?Great Flood of 2001,? HoustonChronicle.com
February 18, 2002
Winner, 2001 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Public Service in Online Journalism award (Affiliated). Awarded for “comprehensive coverage of Tropical Storm Allison.”
?Great Flood of 2001,? HoustonChronicle.com
February 18, 2002
Winner, 2001 Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Public Service in Online Journalism award (Affiliated). Awarded for “comprehensive coverage of Tropical Storm Allison.”
Hot Button Convergence Issues
February 15, 2002
Here’s an informal list of questions to ask when your online site publishes on a different schedule and with a different mindset than your traditional news partner, but you’re still required to touch base with that partner before you publish. From Projo.com editor Andrea Panciera. Continue reading…
Reporting in An Age of Converging Media
February 13, 2002
Most interesting part is on how reporters in different media struggle to draft a story, providing four versions of how a story was written: first, for radio, and then for TV, print, and online. Written in 1999, though, the book is out of date, as convergence has come a long way since then.
Converting TV Scripts for the Web
February 11, 2002
Lost Remote’s Cory Bergman offers a handy “10-Minute Checklist” for converting TV scripts to the Web: combine copy; remove extraneous remakrs; fix capitalization; add quotes; form complete sentences; remove references to video; beef up the story; bring it all together; and add interactivity.
Online AP stylebook
February 11, 2002
The Associated Press
Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law.
The journalists’ bible. Nearly every newspaper and Web site
uses AP style, and you should too. It provides facts and references for
reporters; defines usage, spelling and grammar for editors; includes a section
on media law; and contains specialized glossaries for business and sports
writing. The latest version now also includes an Internet guide and glossary. The Associated Press
now also offers
an electronic version
with valuable personalization features.
How to search newsgroups
February 7, 2002
Google Groups now enables you to search more than 700 million Usenet newsgroup messages. More on searching and on finding sources using Google Groups.
Digital journalism credibility study
February 1, 2002
The Online News Association released the complete results of its digital journalism credibility study. The good news is Internet users believe online news is about as credible as news from more traditional sources (13 percent cite the Net as their most trusted source for news). The bad news is journalists themselves have less respect for their online counterparts. Other findings include: Younger people are more likely to say online news is credible; and Americans are using online news in addition to traditional mediums rather than instead of. Read the study here. Study co-director Howard Finberg elaborates on the findings on Poynter.org and co-director Martha Stone suggests interactivity and transparency are key to building trust.