Course Overview
- Title:
- Newswriting for the Web: Words That Work Online on Deadline
- Type:
- Webinar
- Cost:
- $29.95
- Originally Broadcast On:
- November 18, 2009
- Time Estimate:
- One hour
$29.95
About Webinars
In this virtual classroom, participants can join in a seminar led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty. This screencast includes live audio and a slideshow presentation in which participants can post questions and respond to poll questions posed by the host.
- This Webinar was originally broadcast on:
- November 18, 2009 Enroll Now
Print journalists have always struggled to attract and keep readers, but online reading patterns pose an even greater challenge for writers. The skip-and-scan habit of readers searching for news online requires writing that makes information understandable at a glance, and helps readers make quick choices about where to go next.
Some of the rules of good newswriting apply to any platform, but effective Web writing has some special characteristics. This one-hour Webinar, originally broadcast Nov. 18, 2009, gives you tips to help you make the most of the news for your online audience.
What Will I Learn:
- What early studies show about online news reading habits
- How writing for print differs from writing for the Web
- What defines good newswriting for the Web
- Specific techniques for effective Web writing
- Strategies for organizing news and follow-up stories on the Web
Who Should Take this Course:
This course is for everyone who recognizes news is written differently for the Web than it is for print -- and wants to know why and how it's done.
Course Instructor:
Jacqui Banaszynski
Jacqui Banaszynski is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent 30 years as a newspaper reporter and editor.
Technical Requirements:
This Webinar contains audio. Please make sure you've got your headphones and speakers adjusted.
For the best experience, we suggest that:
- PC users use Internet Explorer or Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox
- Mac users use Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox or Safari
- You set your monitor resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher
- You use a high-speed connection
Questions? Read our Webinar FAQ or contact us at webinars@newsu.org.