One of the chief missions of the Intercollegiate Online News Network is to advance the teaching of web and online journalism in schools of journalism and mass communication. To that end, we are maintaining a continuous stream of articles about online journalism below.
This stream is the work of various individuals associated with ICONN. If you would like to join this work, please get in touch with Jim Stovall at jgstovall at gmail.com.
On the right are some permanently placed sources of information, techniques, teaching tips and other material that may be helpful to instructors. If you would like to suggest material for this space, send the links and descriptions to Jim Stovall.
Intercollegiate Online News Network
c/o Jim Stovall | School of Journalism and Electronic Media | University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN 37996 | 865.974.5109 | Email: jgstovall at gmail.com
WebJPROF - A wide varirty of links and resources for journalism teachers and students.
Teaching Online Journalism - Mindy McAdams' (UFL) writes on many different topics related online journalism education.
Writing headlines for the web - best practices and guidelines.
Audio slide shows - beyond the technology, here's what the student should be thinking about.
Audacity - A simple, intuitive and free sound editing program. These are the manuals, but you probably won't need them.
Canadian Journalism Project - many articles and resources for reporters and educators alike.
Writing summaries - one of the most important forms of web journalism, explained.
Writing for Twitter - good journalism in 140 characters. An approach to Twitter for journalists.
JournoTweeting - Excellent article from Ellyn Angelotti of Poynter on how to get the most out of Twitter
Editing for the web - take a story written for print and make it web ready: discussion notes, exercise and example.
The art of linking - with the concept of link journalism growing, learning what linking is about increases in importance.
Basic concepts of web advertising (Patrick Beeson) - the basic stuff that your students need to know.
Journalists and blogging (Paul Bradshaw) - what happens to journalism when journalists start blogging.