First assignment

For our first blogging assignment please review these three links which discuss tips and techniques for writing for the Web from a journalistic perspective.

Please post your response by Friday. Feel free to play with some of the formatting, and try to optimize your post text for the Web.

Things to think about as you review the links

• How do these guidelines/rules differ from, or mirror, what you've been taught for print/broadcast writing?


• How will you adapt your previously-reported story text for Story Project #1 to make it more Web-friendly?


• Do the news Web sites you visit follow these guidelines?

"Writing for the Web" - Poynter
http://poynteronline.org/content/content_view.asp?id=35378

"How to Write for the Web " - Online Journalism Review
("General Tips" section)
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/Writing/

"Journalism Keys to Web Writing: Broadcast and Journalism Principles Boost Readability"
("Writing for the Web: A Broadcast Writing Model" section)
http://members.aol.com/nancyds/ww.jour.html