More on blogging by mainstream journalists.

Poynter Online - An Editor Blogs For Readers

HI, i hope this works, I was looking at some of the blogs under one's to look out for and it seems like alot of them have the dash line under the tittle at the top. I didnt like the 'cheating one' I thought they left to much empty space on the left and right side of the screen. One I did like though had a nice layout and i liked how they seperated everything on the side and into boxes. I think it was two colums,
Shoot, i cant remember the name but I think it had a Ms. or somthng like that infront of it.
Sorry for all my spelling mistakes here... my computer at home is having trouble with the server so i will try to got online somewhere else to make another post ;-)
Hope everyone has a good week
PS> I know what you mean about the gurl.com website , kate I used to go there alot when i was in hs

The tutorial we are going to be working on this week.Macromedia - Developer Center: Designing with CSS in Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004

Next week we will hear from "Stump Connolly" a.k.a. Scott Jacobs. The time element of this news blog is interesting.The Week Behind

From The Mind of HaVoC

is the cutest blog I've ever seen. I'm in love with this page design. Lookit those colors! The wacky strawberry theme! I love his sidebar with the colored headers... Furthermore, those little stars marking the posts are too cute to resist. I don't think I've ever liked a page with bright colors so much but somehow, this kid uses them to great effect.

Stencil Revolution

is a great design with a scrollbar and some great use of pictures. I'm a huge fan of sites that actually teach you how to do things (tutorials, d.i.y. guides, etc.) and this one's complete with news and an integrated forum and a gallery. The design is simple but clean and I think it's really readable. Dividing content into boxes helps and I think the menubar at the top is something that, while maybe not the most eye-catching method, is an indispensable method of navigation. It's great to have graphical navigation menus, but when it comes down to it, people really have to be able to move around the page as easily and intuitively as possible.

gURL guide to HTML

Half because I'm a shameless self-promoter (I made this tutorial in 1998 and it's still going strong) and half because I think it's a very helpful resource, I thought I'd throw in the link to the gURL.com HTML how-to. gURL.com used to be extremely cool in design and concept and then it just shattered my heart by selling out and becoming a tool for the advertising industry to reach young women. It's covered in crappy ads now.. and it's just pathetically overblown and overburdened. But the tutorial is simple; since it was done in 1998, there's nothing fancy about it. It just has some easy-to-understand instructions geared toward girls making their first HTML post or site. I hope it can help people feel more confident about writing code.

Why the interest in the online form called blogging?
Read what a news design expert says.

Fourth Annual Weblog Awards

Online News Association Awards

For today's discussion. Please post 1-2 sites you have found.Gapers' Block {Chicago, IL}

About our audience information

• DePaul University : : About DePaul (About DePaul Students)


• Columbia information


• School of the Art Institute


• Roosevelt University


• Loyola

Here is a story idea. Let's figure out a way to do "Walkman Busting" and not only write, but get bits of the audio In_the_Loop. Wired News: Radio Takes Music From the Street

See the item in current buzz dated Monday Feb. 23rd. It is about blogging and its increasing acceptance by the business community.

Journalism & Women Symposium

Heck, the bandwagon is turning into a parade. Here is all about the design of blogs, including some 'where to go to set up a blog' and design pointers on blogs.Poynter Online - The Design Desk

A model for us to consider for In_the_Loop ideas.The Week Behind

Please read the Editor and Publisher article and this brief note about it. Let's discuss blogs and journalism's "objectivity" next week. What do you think about this issue? Can you locate blog examples that help clarify your opinion? Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

Here is the Dreamweaver MX link
Macromedia - Events : On Demand

Where's the money? Wired News: Blogs Pump Bucks Into Campaigns

mediabistro.com: Articles: Lies, Damned Lies, and Google

Here is another site specializing in information about phonecams.Reiter's Camera Phone Report

Check also phonecamnews.com

Color pros announce 2004 colors. Let's check these out. Graphic Design USA - Feature - Welcome Home

Blogging software update. If grade schoolers are self-publishing, writers who are a bit older need to be doing it too.Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

Check out this site. I am not endorsing their political views here, but it originates in Chicago, has millions of views, andn is a news and commentary site.

Could this be a model for us? Could we contact and interview buzzflash "content creators" for an interesting story for In_the_Loop? Check it out and think about it.

BuzzFlash Info

This is how they present an interview they did with an author.

http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/04/02/int04010.html

Students, let's do a live report like this for our publication. What do you think? Can you think of drawbacks and the plusses of this kind of reporting? What story ideas make sense for us, given our location, timing, etc. Please brainstorm about this for next week.

TV team files story wirelessly

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Tortilla factory suffers extensive fire damage

The London News Review

An Example of an online news publication that has been online for some time but is going to introduce a print version after the digital fact, so to speak.

Poynter Online - Convergence Chaser
What will this mean for your career?

OJR article: Redefining the News Online : "'Instead of being primarily journalist-centered, the news online appears increasingly to be also user-centered,' writes Boczkowski. 'In the online environment, users have a much greater direct effect on the news.'"

A sociologist looks at the news business and "what is news" with the perspective of an objective bystander, and comes up with some interesting news for reporters and those who would be reporters.

Before we design, let's explore what our audience can use.Welcome to Usability News - 3.2 - 2001

Customizing the look and feel of a blog.
BLOGGER - Knowledge Base - Where can I find more templates?

Where do web "rules" or standards come from? World Wide Web Consortium


Here is an activity we will begin today. You need to work on it over the next week. Return to this tutorial in a couple of weeks to review the important points and to check your progress in applying the ideas.
Poynter.org: Color Contrast & Dimension in News Design


Background reading for now. We will take this on in later weeks. Read the "common questions answered" section and simply know what RSS is at this point in time.
RSS - A Primer for Publishers and Content Providers

QuickTime - Tutorials - Media Skins
This is something you should understand. Will you do this with your video? I hope so.

Let's start by looking at what can be done beyond the written word. Interactive Narratives

autodafe.org, the censored library

This site has some of the navigation and powerful visual effects we might want for In_the_Loop

Media Buying

The Seattle Times: Transportation game

Fix Your Commute Part II

Guide to Building a Newsroom Website

Wired Journalist: Newsroom Guide to the Internet

Do this in class and finish for Homework.

Poynter Online - Questioning Leadership

Geekzone, mobile forums

Presidential politics has the unintended consequence of introducing new technologies into the ranks of the press corps.

At Newsplex this summer, we talked with Bierbauer about the primary to come. We got to see the newsroom with the tech to support the field reporters who will be working with phonecams.

As the person who introduced phonecams to Newsplex, I like to think I pushed them toward the future a bit...

News For the Next Generation: Imagine: "A number of top illustrators told me the same thing…All the heavy thinkers are gone. All the big ideas diminished."

We will take this up in class. Please read it and try and locate examples, or think about it.