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| Acknowledgements | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Journalists and the Net | |
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| What Is the Internet? | |
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| Why Should Journalists Care About the Internet? | |
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| Thinking Strategically About the Net | |
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| Evaluating Information from the Internet | |
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| Myths About the Internet and Credibility | |
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| What's Out There? | |
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| Decoding Web Addresses | |
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| Techniques for Evaluating Web Site Credibility | |
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| Traveling In and Out of Web Sites | |
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| Newsroom Policies for Internet Reporting | |
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| Haven for Rumors and Misinformation | |
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| The Real Computer Virus | |
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| How Does the Internet Propel a Rumor to Fact in 24 Hours? | |
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| The Case of CNN and the Celebrating Palestinians | |
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| Basic Reporting Resources and References | |
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| Telephone Directories | |
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| Maps | |
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| Rolodex Sources | |
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| Freedom of Information Act | |
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| Accessing State and Local Public Records | |
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| Vital Records | |
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| Math Aid | |
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| Fast Facts | |
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| Other Reference Sources | |
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| Top Data Sites for News Stories: Federal Government Sites-General | |
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| Politics & Campaigns | |
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| Health & Safety | |
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| Crime & Punishment | |
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| Businesses & Nonprofits | |
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| Online News: Electronic Publications | |
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| Growth of Online Newspapers | |
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| Local Breaking News | |
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| Regional and Statewide Newspapers | |
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| National Publications | |
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| Trade and Specialty Publications | |
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| Newspaper Archives | |
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| Reading for Better Writing | |
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| Strategic Searching | |
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| Think Strategically: Develop a Game Plan | |
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| What Are You Looking for and Where Is It Likely to Be? | |
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| Guessing | |
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| What to Do When You Don't Know Where to Go | |
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| Directories | |
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| Search Engines | |
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| How Search Engines Work | |
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| How to Use Search Engines Effectively | |
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| The Major Search Engines | |
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| How Many Searches? | |
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| Building an Electronic Beat | |
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| Types of Beats | |
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| The Geographic Beat | |
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| The Issue Beat | |
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| The Institution Beat | |
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| Electronic Mail | |
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| Email as a Reporting Tool | |
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| Decoding Email Addresses | |
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| Finding Email Addresses | |
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| Newsroom Policies on Email Communication | |
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| ProfNet | |
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| Electronic Press Releases and News Alerts | |
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| Email as News | |
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| Mailing Lists: Email Discussion Groups | |
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| Journalistic Uses of Mailing Lists | |
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| Warnings | |
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| Journalism Mailing Lists | |
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| Finding Mailing Lists | |
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| The Mechanics of Mailing Lists | |
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| Love on the Listserv: A Fish Story | |
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| Newsgroups: Electronic Bulletin Boards | |
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| Journalistic Uses | |
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| How Newsgroups Work | |
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| Newsgroups Structure | |
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| Finding Newsgroups | |
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| Searching Newsgroups | |
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| Professional Development | |
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| The Best Journalism Web Sites | |
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| Newsroom Specialists | |
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| Beats | |
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| Journalism Magazines | |
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| Minority Journalism Organizations | |
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| Newspaper Management and Leadership | |
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| Journalism Research | |
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| Women in Journalism | |
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| Broadcast Journalism | |
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| Other Journalism Groups | |
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| College Journalism | |
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| High School Journalism | |
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| Journalism Hobbies | |
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| Appendix: A | |
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| Index | |