A Journalist's Guide to the Internet - The Book

 

Allyn & Bacon, a division of Simon & Schuster, is scheduled to publish "A Journalist's Guide to the Internet" by Christopher Callahan at the end 1998. The book brings together the author's five years of research on how to make the Internet more useful for daily news reporters and editors through strategies and tactics specifically designed for journalists and journalism students.

 

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Journalists & the Net

Chapter 2. Navigating the Web

Chapter 3. Evaluating Information from the Internet

Chapter 4. Basic Reporting Resources and References

Chapter 5. Top Data Sites for News Stories

Chapter 6. Online News: Electronic Publications

Chapter 7. Strategic Searching on Deadline

Chapter 8. Building an Electronic Beat

Chapter 9. Electronic Mail

Chapter 10. Mailing Lists: E-Mail Discussion Groups

Chapter 11. Newsgroups: Electronic Bulletin Boards

Chapter 12. Professional Development

Chapter 13. The Future of the Internet as a Reporting Tool

About the Author

Index

 

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