Online Resources

•  Computers & Cyberspace Stylebook
•  Webmonkey / HTML: The Basics
•  Online Journalism FAQ
•  BotSpot: What's a Bot?
•  Gettingstarted.net
•  National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
•  Newspaperlinks.com

Sample Databases

•  Census
•  Gallup Polls
•  Remembering the Lost

Legal Issues & Ethics

•  Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School
•  NetCourt (online transcripts)
•  CyberSpace Law Center
Hofstra University: Online Journalism

WEB vs. PRINT

PRINT

1. Ability to Browse

2. See all display ads

3. View all the photographs

4. Access to syndicated features

5. Easy to use

6. Portable


THE WEB
1. Longer, additional stories
New York Times College

2. Database applications
Washington Post Executive Compensation

3. Search function
Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News

4. Archives
TWA Flight 800 Home Page

5. Updates
Newsday weather
Newsday traffic

6. E-mail
Weekend Entertainment Guide

7. Interactivity
Washington Post's Live Online chat& forums

8. Web extras
Long Island: Our Story

9. Multimedia
Newsday's AIDS at 20 series
Annie Oakley shooting exhibition