Friday, June 20, 2003

Here is a short, sweet, and to-the-point item about color theory. "I'm not an artist" you start to say. Then you reconsider the visual nature of the communication media in our society today. Yes, you do need to be able to talk with photographers, designers, and editors intelligently about color. Learn to go beyond, "its ugly and depressing" or "its really cute" Poynter's The Design Desk Oh, and the links at the end of the article--we will interacting with some of them too.

Thursday, June 19, 2003

Online publishers can learn from the guidelines provided here for local television broadcasters , in regard to how they should design their websites.

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Lost & Found in Cyberspace This would make an interesting investigation or serve as a unique and useful link in an online publication.

Monday, June 16, 2003

Questions in online publishing: new media sites or digital facsimile additions for newspaper companies? New software allows newspapers to post facsimile electronic versions of their papers. Some are cutting new media departments and substituting the 'shovelware' versions of the paper for innovation and exploration of the potentials of interactivity. Is this going for short-term economic gain by failing to capitalize on the the future of interactive, personal electronic publishing.

Thursday, June 12, 2003

The news business in all of its manifestations is undergoing changes that will alter it in ways that we are only beginning to put together. Some of those with the most invested, both in monetary terms, and in terms of their long-time association with news business will miss the point of many of the changes. News is still sought by viewer/users. Audiences will continue to exist. It is the form the news will take, the voice the news will speak to us in, and the organization of news producing entities that are changing. Here is an article about the rise of online as publishing and money making tool in the face of decline of print. A somewhat analogous situation faces broadcast news on television and radio. Read Online publishing grows as print falls and think about the future.
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