When I was a graduate journalism student at USF St. Petersburg, my most rewarding course focused on constructing user-friendly websites. The main text we used as our guide, Designing Web Usability, was written by Jakob Nielsen, whose useit.com is an essential resource for improving your site's interactivity. Simplicity seemed to be Nielsen's mantra, and his strategy is echoed in Jon Friedman's 8 rules for designing a media website.
ABC ready to give its World News webcast a do-over.
Which newspaper has the best online financial coverage? No surprise: It's the New York Times.
USA Today draws high traffic with its Candidate Match Game.
This article appears in Jun 11-17, 2008.
