Comments on: Best newspaper Web sites http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:08:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Andrea Alarcon http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-11022 Andrea Alarcon Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:45:22 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-11022 Hello Ms McAdams! I will be your student next semester and I am really looking forward to your class. I had the fortune of interning at El Pais last summer, and not only is their Web site design absolutely amazing but the print one is also. Add that to the best journalists, columnists and articles in Spanish language and you are left with newspaper perfection. I'm in love! Hello Ms McAdams! I will be your student next semester and I am really looking forward to your class.

I had the fortune of interning at El Pais last summer, and not only is their Web site design absolutely amazing but the print one is also. Add that to the best journalists, columnists and articles in Spanish language and you are left with newspaper perfection. I’m in love!

]]> By: Mindy http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10945 Mindy Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:51:08 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10945 @Bill - Did you look at the 24sata site? It is a non-scrolling page. @Bill - Did you look at the 24sata site?

It is a non-scrolling page.

]]> By: Bill Ostendorf http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10943 Bill Ostendorf Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:39:43 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10943 Yuck. If this is the best the world can do it is no wonder newspaper companies are in trouble. The telling point about all these sites is that they basically look THE SAME. Similar grids. Photos similarly sized. Headlines similarly sized. Similar functionality. This is another classic example of the lemming effect -- no newspaper is comfortable doing something that other newspapers aren't already doing! Terrible that this is the best WAN could find. Sure, they are okay. But are any of these breaking an NEW ground? No. We recommend our clients go to non-scrolling pages -- at least home pages -- and grossly simplify their offerings. This means editing. And, to avoid boredom, lots of templates so the smaller page can look DIFFERENT from day to day. And it's clear our strategy works. Views, unique views, pages, clicks -- everything went up and all are climbing. It's time to break a few molds, folks. Try something different! Yuck. If this is the best the world can do it is no wonder newspaper companies are in trouble. The telling point about all these sites is that they basically look THE SAME. Similar grids. Photos similarly sized. Headlines similarly sized. Similar functionality. This is another classic example of the lemming effect — no newspaper is comfortable doing something that other newspapers aren’t already doing! Terrible that this is the best WAN could find. Sure, they are okay. But are any of these breaking an NEW ground? No. We recommend our clients go to non-scrolling pages — at least home pages — and grossly simplify their offerings. This means editing. And, to avoid boredom, lots of templates so the smaller page can look DIFFERENT from day to day. And it’s clear our strategy works. Views, unique views, pages, clicks — everything went up and all are climbing. It’s time to break a few molds, folks. Try something different!

]]> By: Nachrichtenfluss » Blog Archive » Styria Konzern schlägt wieder zu. http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10933 Nachrichtenfluss » Blog Archive » Styria Konzern schlägt wieder zu. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:11:11 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10933 [...] Mindy McAdams in ihrem Blog “Teaching Online Journalism” die Wahl kritisch verfolgt und lediglich der spanischen Zeitung “Elpais” den Rum [...] [...] Mindy McAdams in ihrem Blog “Teaching Online Journalism” die Wahl kritisch verfolgt und lediglich der spanischen Zeitung “Elpais” den Rum [...]

]]> By: Cal http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10926 Cal Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:56:11 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10926 I would agree with the IHT web site. Clean is the key. Very easy to navigate. I don't know see anything great about elpais . I just don't see it. And BBC does count. It's all the same now -- whether it is tv, radio or newspaper. They are all online news outlets -- it's all the same thing. I would agree with the IHT web site. Clean is the key. Very easy to navigate. I don’t know see anything great about elpais . I just don’t see it.

And BBC does count. It’s all the same now — whether it is tv, radio or newspaper. They are all online news outlets — it’s all the same thing.

]]> By: kus http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10904 kus Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:41:03 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10904 very good selection. I also like the telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ very good selection.

I also like the telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

]]> By: Ray http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10887 Ray Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:16:09 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10887 One of my favorites has always been the International Herald Tribune (http://iht.com) clean and powerfully designed with an excellent grid. One of my favorites has always been the International Herald Tribune (http://iht.com) clean and powerfully designed with an excellent grid.

]]> By: Wordblog » Blog Archive » Designers choose best newspaper websites http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10885 Wordblog » Blog Archive » Designers choose best newspaper websites Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:44:59 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/best-newspaper-web-sites/#comment-10885 [...] Top 5 newspaper website designs.  Two were from the UK — the Guardian and The Times. Via Mindy McAdams who would like to add BBC News although its not a newspaper [...] [...] Top 5 newspaper website designs.  Two were from the UK — the Guardian and The Times. Via Mindy McAdams who would like to add BBC News although its not a newspaper [...]

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