BOOKS
Alphabetical by author's last name

1. Journalism

"Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals," by Robert I. Berkman and Christopher A. Shumway (Blackwell, 2003).

"Living in the Information Age: A New Media Reader," by Erik P. Bucy, Ed. (Wadsworth, 2001).

"Digital Journalism: Emerging Media & the Changing Horizons of Journalism," by Kevin Kawamoto, Ed. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).

"Web Journalism: Practice and Promise of a New Medium," by James Glen Stovall (Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2004).

"Journalism Online," by Mike Ward (Focal Press, 2002).

2. Skills

"The Non-Designer's Web Book" (2nd ed.), by Robin Williams and John Tollett (Peachpit Press, 2000).
Becoming a bit dated, but very popular with beginner students.

"Robin Williams Web Design Workshop," by Robin Williams, John Tollett and Dave Rohr (Peachpit Press, 2001).
More book, more money, more advanced.

"HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS" (Visual QuickStart Guide, 5th ed.), by Elizabeth Castro (Peachpit Press, 2003).
Our favorite HTML book at the University of Florida. Includes good information about CSS and JavaScript.

Various books on how to use Dreamweaver. Some educators encourage the students to choose a book that appeals to them.

"Photoshop 7/ImageReady for the Web: Hands-On Training (H.O.T.)," by Lynda Weinman and Jan Kabili (Peachpit Press, 2002).
The best information on using Photoshop for Web design, although the book is expensive.

WEB SITES

1. Multipurpose/Web authoring

Multimedia Training (site), from University of California at Berkeley

Resources for Web Workers (site)

2. Multipurpose/Internet

The Internet Web Text (site)

Hobbes' Internet Timeline

3. Learning HTML

HTML: An Interactive Tutorial for Beginners (Dave's HTML Guide)

Writing HTML: A Tutorial for Creating Web Pages

Webmonkey's HTML Cheat Sheet

4. Intro to Online Journalism

Online Journalism FAQ

David Carlson's Online Timeline: A Capsule History of Online News and Information Systems

The Impact of the Internet on Teaching and Practicing Journalism (article)

5. Storytelling

Online Storytelling Forms (article), by Jonathan Dube

Digital Storytelling Cookbook (site)

Digital Storytelling (site) from Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota

6. Linking - Ethics

OJR: News Sites Loosen Linking Policies (article)

Deep Linking is Good Linking (article)

Deep Links Return to Surface (article)

Linking Rights (article)

7. Writing links

Link Text, from the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Link Text, from the Royal National Institute of the Blind

8. Interactivity

What Is Interactivity Anyway? by Nathan Shedroff
McAdams says: "This presentation can be a great discussion starter."

The Myth of Interactivity on the Internet (article)

Inactivity on Interactivity (article)

OJR: Multiple Ways to Interact (article)

The Core Rules of Netiquette (list)

Interactive Options in Online Journalism: A Content Analysis of 100 U.S. Newspapers (article)

9. Media types

Digital Storytelling: Media Types

Online Media Types (chart)

10. Web graphics

Builder.com: Graphics Articles (list of links)
If you begin with "Web Image Format: GIF" you'll find five other useful beginner articles linked at the bottom.

Web Photos that Pop (5-part article)

Zoom In on the Best Image: Photo Composition for the Web (5-part article)

Type Right for a Pro Look (typography for the Web; 8-part article)

Adobe Photoshop for the Web (7-part article)

PegaWeb Photoshop Tutorials
The beginner's tutorials are at the bottom of the page.

PlanetPhotoshop Photoshop Tutorials

Quicktime Video Tutorials for Photoshop

11. Writing for the Web

Writing for a Web Audience (article)

Writing for the Web and Creating Effective Online Content (article)

Writing News Online: A Dozen Tips (list)

Newswriting for the Web (multipart article)

Writing for the Web (article), by Jakob Nielsen

Tips for Writing for the Web (list)

10 Tips on Writing the Living Web (article)

12. Design

From Jakob Nielsen:
Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design
The Top 10 New Mistakes of Web Design
Top 10 Guidelines for Homepage Usability

Robin Williams's Web Design Features (two lists)

Using Tables in Dreamweaver (tutorial)

Feng Shui for Web Designers

Webmonkey's Stylesheets Guide

W3Schools CSS Tutorials

CSS Zen Garden

13. Verifying information

Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet: Checklist

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask

Verifying Information on the Web

Stanford Guidelines for Web Credibility

Consumer WebWatch (site)

14. Web audio and video

BBC Free Online Courses

CBC: Capturing Audio

CBC: Using the Editing Tools

Oral History Tutorial: MiniDisc Recorders (article)

Transom.org: What Microphone Do I Get? (article)

Radio College: How to Mic a Field Interview (article)

DV.com (site)

Streaming Basics: Shooting Video for Streaming (article)

Streaming Basics: Editing Video for Streaming (article)

15. Copyright

The Web site of the U.S. Copyright Office has a lot of very clear information, especially in the FAQ pages.

16. Censorship

From the PBS series "Culture Shock" (site)
Glen Bleske (California State University at Chico) says: "It has interesting navigation along with a great interactive 'quiz' on 'would you publish.' It also has multimedia. Plus, it's a great topic for journalists to wrap their minds around."