Journalism

1 Evaluating an Online Package Handout 2 Directions: Read the package on the screen and use the chart below to help you evaluate it with your tablemates. Only fill in the first two columns; well come back to column three later. Question Answer Online Characteristic 1. What do readers learn from the story package?

2. What elements did the reporters and designers use to tell the story? In other words, what parts of the page provide the specific information you listed in question 1?

3. What makes it easy for the reader to connect the parts of the information on the page? What makes it difficult for the reader to connect the parts of the information on the page?

4. What differences do you see in the kinds of information presented and what the readers can do with that information?

Now, look at the two handouts and the two kinds of story packages. Though this is a small sample, try to identify three differences between what print stories do and what online stories do. 1. 2. 3.