Newsgathering on the net / Stephen Quinn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
The changing world of journalism 1 (12)
New skills for a new millennium 2 (1)
What is CAR? 2 (4)
Data, information and intelligence 6 (1)
Role of journalism in the information age 7 (1)
Technology and journalists 8 (2)
The Internet and journalists 10 (3)
Understanding email and URL addresses 13 (12)
How to read email addresses 14 (1)
Main domain codes 15 (2)
How to read Web addresses 17 (1)
Domain name construction 18 (1)
Ensuring accuracy with URLs 19 (1)
Keyboard shortcuts 20 (1)
Managing favorites or bookmarks 21 (4)
Email for newsgathering 25 (12)
Finding people via email 26 (2)
Locating experts by email 28 (4)
Web-based sources of experts 32 (1)
University experts' directories 32 (1)
Press releases by email 33 (1)
Avoiding telephone `tag' 34 (1)
Interviewing via email 34 (1)
Surfing the Web via email 35 (2)
Listservs and newsgroups for newsgathering 37 (14)
Listservs versus newsgroups 38 (1)
Journalism and listservs 38 (1)
Useful listservs for journalists 39 (3)
Newsgroups for journalists 42 (1)
Finding and subscribing to newsgroups 43 (1)
Reading newsgroup archives 44 (1)
Categories of newsgroups 44 (1)
Understanding newsgroup names 45 (1)
Email newsletters for journalists 45 (3)
Finding appropriate newsletters and 48 (3)
e-journals
Journalistic use of browsers 51 (13)
History and background of browsers 52 (1)
The `browser war' 52 (1)
The Web's American accent 53 (1)
How to use a browser 54 (4)
Using bookmarks and favorites 58 (6)
The Internet for reporting 64 (15)
Stages of the newsgathering process 66 (8)
Putting it into practice 74 (2)
Internet task-tool list 76 (3)
Finding information on the Internel 79 (12)
Directories versus search engines 80 (1)
Introducing subject directories 81 (1)
Introducing search engines 82 (1)
Multi-search engines 83 (1)
Niche search engines 84 (1)
What search tools cannot find 85 (1)
Australian search tools 85 (1)
Keeping up with search tools 86 (1)
Resources for journalists 86 (5)
Search engines and subject directories in 91 (14)
detail
Finding information 92 (1)
Information surfing 92 (2)
How search engines work 94 (5)
Strategy for an Internet search 99 (1)
The six biggest search tools 100(5)
Journalism resources on the Internet 105(20)
Resources created by journalists 106(5)
Resources created by academics 111(2)
Resources created by professional 113(4)
organisations on the Web
Online references 117(8)
Assessing information quality 125(8)
Advice from the New York Times 126(2)
Checking ownership of sites 128(1)
Information from newsgroups and listservs 129(1)
Assessing information quality 130(3)
Journalism in the new millennium 133(19)
The early 21st century context 134(2)
The overproduction of information 136(2)
New methods of news distribution 138(2)
The evolution of niche markets 140(2)
Challenges for journalism education 142(1)
Multimedia and convergent journalism 143(2)
New skills for the new century 145(2)
Freelancing in the online world 147(2)
Where to from here? 149(3)
Glossary 152(4)
Index 156