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Writing books, poems, newspaper articles and information
for inclusion on a web page requires different skills
for each. Web journalism is a new and emerging area
of study. As newspapers moved to the internet, they
found they had to develop a new style of writing. Why?
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Europe's
Spin on Web Reporting - BERLIN -- Europe may
lag behind the United States in its use of the Internet,
but that has some advantages, including the luxury of
sitting back and learning from U.S. failures. That now
seems to be the situation in the realm of online journalism.
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Studies
in 1997 by John Morkes and Jakob
Nielsen showed that
- Reading from computer screens is about 25%
slower than reading from paper.
- Pages that are long and have small fonts are generally
not read.
- Even users who don't know this human factors research
usually say that they feel unpleasant when reading
online text.
- Ppeople don't want to read a lot of text from
computer screens:
- You should write 50% less text and not
just 25% less since it's not only a matter of reading
speed but also a matter of feeling good.
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As
you traverse this tutorial, keep in mind that your one
goal is to encourage people to read most of what you
write.
Writing about the web is making an article visually
appealing, content enhances and appealing to the audience
whether they are teachers, students or parents.
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