FULL JANUARY 2002 ARCHIVE
December 31, 2001
Top Online Journalism Stories of 2001
December 29, 2001
What were the biggest events in the online news world last year? Here are the Top 10 CyberJournalist Stories of the Year. Plus check out some of the best year-end packages online. Worth a laugh: BBC’s look at The Silly Stories of 2001, which covers everything from flying pigs to “cheeky forgery.” Continue reading…
Stretch your online thinking muscles
December 13, 2001
At a Writing News Online seminar at the Poynter Institute, participants and faculty members stretched their online thinking muscles. Read about the exercise and then try it yourself.
Great Student Online Journalism
December 12, 2001
Some of the best online journalism is being produced by students — a good sign that despite our industry’s struggles, the future remains bright. Each spring the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism publishes a weekly online magazine about life in New York City, called NYC24 – you can check out the past two years’ editions and the compelling storytelling makes it well worth it.
New York University students, meanwhile, have just published ReadMe, a new online collection of articles about online journalism, including interviews with some practitioners. Here you can read about everything from SportsJones.com to Christina Valhouli’s infamous Salon bikini wax article, best known for the lead, “I am lying flat on my back naked, holding my butt and legs in the air while a middle-aged Brazilian woman peers at my crotch.”
Aids in the Caribbean, Sun-Sentinel.com
December 9, 2001
A wonderful Web adaptation of a six-part series about AIDS in the Caribbean that ran in the Sun-Sentinel in Ft. Lauderdale. The online package, produced in Flash, is a great example of how a newspaper can take advantage of the Web to tell a story in a new way online, rather than just repackaging and adding a few bells and whistles. How did an online site with limited resources do this? By getting advance notice and working closely with all departments. The package is also noteworthy because the paper took the effort to reach out to multiple communities, producing the online package in English, Spanish and even Creole. Winner, Feature Journalism: Affiliated, Online Journalism Awards 2001. The judges said the writing is brief, intelligent and clear, making great use of photography and providing good access to powerful information.
FULL NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2001 ARCHIVE
December 1, 2001