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Recommended Links
Guardian Unlimited
(http://www.guardian.co.uk)
In a word: awesome. This brilliant site sets the industry standard for smart, clean, clever online design. It's not flashy, but it's impeccably organized. Be sure to visit "The Issue Explained," "The Weblog," and the terrific animated graphics in "Special Reports." |
| | | El Mundo
(http://www.el-mundo.es)
The more you poke around this sophisticated Spanish newspaper site (don't confuse it with the duller Colombian paper), the more treasures you'll uncover. Their multimedia-savvy feature pages are outstanding. And their archives of animated graphics ("grafico interactivo") are dazzling. Be sure your browser is Flash-enabled. |
| | | The International Herald Tribune
(http://www.iht.com)
A remarkably handsome site, full of subtle, attractive touches -- from the clickable money map to the icons that let you change text sizes and column widths on the fly. A must-see site. |
| | | Sunspot
(http://www.sunspot.net)
An extremely user-friendly site, with clean layout and attractive color. Stories make frequent use of "utility rails" -- strips running alongside the text that link you to sidebars, photos, video/audio clips and archived material. |
| | | AZ Central
(http://www.azcentral.com)
The online version of The Arizona Republic is ambitious and active - almost frantic, at times. But this site is always engaging. It's a proponent of "sticky" packaging -- pages layered with polls, contests, video clips and endless extras to keep you hooked. |
| | | New York Post
(http://nypostonline.com)
We're almost embarrassed to admit we enjoy this site, but it's fun. Trashy, but fun. Lots of entertaining choices, from video clips to gossip to puzzles and cartoons. It's loaded with personality -- something most media sites lack, sad to say. |
WHERE TO FIND MORE ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
| AJR Newslink
(http://ajr.newslink.org/topsites.html)
The American Journalism Review's Newslink listings provide the best clearinghouse for newspaper, magazine, and radio/TV Web sites. This index lets you organize your search by state, by country, by size or by type (big dailies, campus papers, business journals, etc.). An excellent launching pad for online media research. | | | | The EPpy Awards
(http://www.google.com)
Every year, Editor & Publisher magazine (or E&P, for short) hosts its Interactive Newspapers Conference, where numerous awards are given in a variety of categories: best design, best sports pages, best college Web site, etc. If you miss the magazine issue announcing the winners, you can usually find them by using a good Web search engine (Google, Altavista, etc.) searching for the phrase "EPpy award." |
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education