JRN 1101 ANALYZING ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
ASSIGNMENT 1
Directions: Visit the sites of a few major papers, as well as any local, regional, or other nearby newspapers that you can find on the web. You must compare at least two local and two national newspapers.
A few places to look include:
http://www.nytimes.com http://www.washingtonpost.com
http://montgomeryadvertiser.com http://www.usatoday.com
These newspapers represent a variety of areas across the country.
1. What similarities do you find between these web sites? (10 POINTS)
2. What differences do you find between these wen sites? (10 POINTS)
3. Which web sites are the easiest to navigate? (5 POINTS)
4. Which web sites look the most like a printed newspaper? (5 POINT)
5. Do you see any differences in the advertising used online versus that used in print? (10 POINTS)
6. Find today's print version of one papers you examined online. What are the differences between the print version and the online version? Which version do you prefer, and why? (10 POINTS)
THIS ASSIGNMENT IS WORTH 50 POINTS AND IS 10% OF YOUR GRADE