Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

In the heydays of printed newspapers, we had some similar anomalies: newspapers with terrible designs (as judged by the designer elite) would have market penetrations equally strong as those following the latest design trends and gimmicks. So what keeps eyeballs on sites, once they’ve landed there?

As a follow-up to our research on newspaper websites that we published recently, we decided to break out a list of the best examples of “good” newspaper websites. Steve, Todd and I collaborated on the following list, judging sites not only on their web features but also on the design, aesthetics and general usability of the site [Note: this list only covers the top 100 US newspapers in terms of circulation, which is what our study looked at. We're sure that we missed some great smaller papers.].

The most useful bit of the media is disappearing. A cause for concern, but not for panic

Il blog su media di Roberto Zarriello

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There are several ways to make your copy readable on the web. Yet I see sites ignoring these simple tips, all the time - especially newspapers.

Khoi Vinh, design director of NYTimes.com, is answering questions from readers April 21-25.

I teach university courses about online journalism and the changing ways we use technologies for communication. I love seeing multimedia used well to tell journalism stories.