Online media
Books
Roland De Wolk, Introduction to Online Journalism: Publishing News and Information, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2001 ($42.67 on Amazon) ISBN: 0-205-28689-5
Crawford Kilian, Writing for the Web: Geeks' Edition, Bellingham, WA: Self-Counsel Press, 2000 ($13.56 on Amazon) ISBN: 1-55180-303-8
Laura Lemay, SAMS Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days, 3rd Edition, Indianapolis, IN: Sams Publishing, 2001 ($34.99 on Amazon) ISBN: 0-672-32077-0
Nora Paul, Computer-Assisted Research: A Guide to Tapping Online Information for Journalists, 4th edition, Chicago, IL: Bonus Books, 1999
Martha Sammons, The Internet Writer's Handbook, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2001
Randy Reddick and Elliot King, The Online Journalist: Using the Internet and Other Electronic Resources, 3rd edition, Orlando, FL: Harcourt College Publishers, 2001
Mary McGuire, ed., The Internet Handbook for Writers, Researchers, and Journalists, (2000/2001 edition), New York, NY: Guilford Press, 2000
Journalism resources
www.onlinejournalism.org – Online Journalism Review
www.poynter.org – The Poynter Institute
www.spj.org – The Electronic Journalist (Society of Professional Journalists)
www.cjr.org – Columbia Journalism Review
www.ajr.org – American Journalism Review
www.dailyearth.com – Find most daily newspapers in the world
ajr.newslink.org/news.html – Large listing of online newspapers and magazines
www.mediachannel.org – Media news and criticism
www.nwu.org – National Writers Union
Online writing and producing resources
www.content-exchange.com – Content Spotlight, online newsletter for content creators and publishers
www.editorandpublisher.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stop/stop.htm – Steve Outing's "Stop the Presses" column
Webmonkey – www.hotwired.com/webmonkey
Builder.com – www.builder.com
Palette Man – www.paletteman.com
Lynda.com – www.lynda.com
Web Pages That Suck – www.webpagesthatsuck.com
Webmonkey Browser Features Chart – hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/browser_chart/
W3C HTML Validation Service – validator.w3.org
Web Site Gargage page diagnostic testing – websitegarage.netscape.com
Size Test Tools – www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/sizematters/
Jakob Nielsen: "How Users Read the Web" – www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html
Tim Berners-Lee: "CERN Styleguide" – www.w3.org/Provider/Style/Introduction.html
Jutta Degener: "Dangerous Words" – www.kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/ht/writing/words.html
Poynter/Stanford Eyetrack Study – www.poynter.org/eyetrack2000/
Standard freelance contract for online writers – www.nwu.org/journ/jsjcweb.htm
Journalists Guide to the Internet – reporter.umd.edu
ProfNet – www.profnet.com
Media Map – www.mediamap.com
CyberJournalist.net – www.cyberjournalist.net
Assignment Editor – www.assignmenteditor.com
Deja.com – groups.google.com
Netlingo – www.netlingo.com
Webopedia – www.webopedia.com
Mailing lists
online-news – Premier discussion list for online journalists. To subscribe go to http://clio.lyris.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=online-news&text_mode=0
online-writing – Discussion list for those who write, edit or produce for the online medium. To subscribe go to http://www.content-exchange.com/cx/html/owl.htm
CARR-L – Computer assisted reporting and research, "sub CARR-L <YOUR name>" in body of message to listserv@ulkyvm.louisville.edu
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