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