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Nora Paul

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Homepage: http://www.inms.umn.edu/

Director of the Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota since 2000. Used to work at the Poynter Institute, holding programs in news research, computer assisted reporting, and online news leadership. Also did time at the Miami Herald, running the editorial research department.

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Articles:

The Best of the SND.ies
Two of the participants in this year’s judging for the best in newspaper multimedia design reveal the lessons they learned from the entrants. - September 17, 2007

Navigating slide shows: What do people choose when every choice is possible?
Is the linear orientation to looking through material so hard-wired into our media usage that it is, and will continue to be, the preferred way to take in media? - June 14, 2007

Early lessons from Poynter's Eyetrack07
The latest research shows that online readers are thorough, they care about topic over format... and they really love their maps. - April 14, 2007

News site Web design: What works? What doesn't?
Nora Paul and Laura Ruel introduce a new OJR column examining the latest research how readers use news websites. - January 10, 2007

'New News' retrospective: Is online news reaching its potential?
A decade after digital news trailblazers discussed the Internet's promise as a cutting-edge news vehicle, only some of those forecasts have become reality. - March 24, 2005