Online Journalism – JOUR 3340

Class NotesSept. 11, 2008Professor Neil Footefoote@unt.edu

Today’s Agenda

Interactivity & the Seventh Anniversary of 9-11

LECTURE – Key Components of Websites

In-Class Writing Exercise

What’s Good? What Works? 2007 Examples

http://911digitalarchive.org/ - Example of site in need of updatint

http://hereisnewyork.org/gallery/voices.asp

http://www.sonicmemorial.org/sonic/public/educators.html Click on WINS – 6 month Anniversary

2008 – CNN.com

2008 – NYPost.com

2008 Newseum.com

2008 WashingtonPost.com

2007 - CNN.com

2007 - WashingtonPost.com

2007 - SFGate.com

Your Assignment Due – 9/16

Post on Your Blog Find 10 News stories form in print or

online. Newspaper preferred Rewrite each story – no more than 50

words Create a short headline – single line Identify the publication, the link

and/or page the article ran.