The document discusses best practices for creating online journalism content, including: 1) A 7-step process for planning, collecting data, producing, testing, publishing, and monitoring online stories. 2) The importance of using devices like large photos and subheads to engage readers and provide additional information. 3) Research showing readers interact more with alternative story forms online like Q&As, timelines and fact boxes than regular text.

1. JOUR 3340 Spring 2009

2. Step 1 Organizing The Team Step 2 Planning Who do You need? Reporter, Photographer What’s The story? Interactive Elements? Step 3 Data Collection Report & Research

3. Step 4 Production Step 5 Test & Revise Editing, Designing, Coding Edit, Click Thru, Revise Step 6 ‘ Post It’ Published To Web Step 7 Monitor & Critique Who’s reading? What’s being Read? How could you Do it better?

10. University of North Texas Department of Journalism Online Journalism 3340 February 10, 2009