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Online Journalism: Reporting and Publishing

Writing 166J
Th 6-9:45 p.m. Oakes 222 and 205
Spring 2001
5 credits

Instructor: Kevin Woodward
Email: kwoodward@yahoo.com or woodward@cats.ucsc.edu
Phone: 831.595.4518 (cell) or 831.459.4574 (UCSC office)
Office hours: Th 4:45-5:30 p.m. Kresge College, Room 216
Class website: www.cruzio.com/~kevinw/writing166j

Simple home page design, navigation

The following examples of simple news sites home pages are provided for easy reference ...

Example 1: The Church of Usability

Site: Builder.com
URL: http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-3881-8-5069140-1.html?tag=st.bl.3881.dir2.3881-8-5069140-1

The Church of Usability

Simple design
Intro and list of content
Linear and non-linear navigation choices

Example 2: Power Crisis

Site: CNN.com
URL: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/power.crisis/

Power Crisis

Main element
Use of graphics
Color and fonts
Organization of content
Links and text

Example 3: Education Life

Site: NYTimes.com
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/040801ed-index.html

Power Crisis

Main element
Simple design
Color and fonts
Organization of content
Links and text

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