THE PIONEER

The Student Publication of California State University, Hayward
Overall Impression
The HTML table technique to list the index is very helpful for reader on the web in frontpage. Go to next level, the article titles are listed and link to the full covered stories. This way of handle leads the readers to link many times to go to the full articles and they have to go backward and forward to read the news.

The level of writing and reporting the same in electronic as opposed to print versions. This on-line
newspaper is different when appearing on the web as in printed version. The printed version devised the
stories in columns and put each story in several different pages. However, the on-line version put the
whole stories in one page and no column. There is no fee to view The Pioneer.

Focus and length of stories on the web
Are shorter or longer stories more effective? short stories.
What types of stories and features seem most appropriate? Local news, weather, and classified ads.
Is in-depth reporting effective? Yes. Briefly summary the story and link to the whole story.
Can the web support types of journalism other than entertainment? Yes

How is color used? Please discuss effective uses and potential uses.
To make the website colorful to attract attention to readers and make them to stay in longer. The color is also used to highlight the titles of the articles to attention the readers.

How are graphics used? Please discuss effective uses and potential uses.
In what ways do graphics enhance and in what ways do they detract or interfere with the page? The graphics are really helped the page to attract readers. However, if the readers have slow connection such as home PC users, they will loose their patience to load the full pictures. In this case, the pictures are useless.
How can and do graphics enhance the stories and how can this enhancement be maximized? Use small size of graphics - less than 50Kb is very good.

Does web journalism seem to be closer in nature and usage of traditional broadcast journalism or to print journalism? No. The traditional broadcast journalism or print journalism give the readers more entertainment than the web version. The web version is only, in my point of view, for researching and studying cases. It is just a huge database on the connected internet.

Does the web need to be represented by a new synthesis of the two traditional forms? If so what forms might it evolve into? - (Please give some thoughts on the subject as there are currently no definitive answers to the question.) The web should be as a database with searching enable and its own look. It does not need to be like the two traditional forms.

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