Comments on: Newspaper websites need to improve their readability http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/ A conversation. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: William DuBay http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-152825 William DuBay Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:16:52 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-152825 The article does not mention text readability, that is, reading ease as determined by the level of reading skill needed. National literacy surveys show us that we all do not have the same level of reading skill. In fact the average adult reader in the U.S. reads at the 9th-grade level. For more on the readability of newspapers, see my article, "What's With the Newspapers:" http://www.impact-information.com/impactinfo/newsletter/plwork15.htm The article does not mention text readability, that is, reading ease as determined by the level of reading skill needed. National literacy surveys show us that we all do not have the same level of reading skill. In fact the average adult reader in the U.S. reads at the 9th-grade level. For more on the readability of newspapers, see my article, “What’s With the Newspapers:”
http://www.impact-information.com/impactinfo/newsletter/plwork15.htm

]]> By: Christian http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-9759 Christian Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:52:16 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-9759 The Times and the FT are terrible websites, with cluttered screens, picture and subject links and menus repeated all over the place - what we want is a site that feels like a newspaper. we want to know where we are in terms of having read todays newspaper - today you have no idea what's old , what's new and how much of the paper you have actually read. The best would be just to put the paper online with those graphics that look like pages turning. At least, you need a simple menu index down the side, with each section then subsection, then article listed. Highlight each where you've read it. Remove all the other jump to graphics and links as it confuses and clutters the screen. Currently they are a shambles. The Times and the FT are terrible websites, with cluttered screens, picture and subject links and menus repeated all over the place – what we want is a site that feels like a newspaper. we want to know where we are in terms of having read todays newspaper – today you have no idea what’s old , what’s new and how much of the paper you have actually read. The best would be just to put the paper online with those graphics that look like pages turning. At least, you need a simple menu index down the side, with each section then subsection, then article listed. Highlight each where you’ve read it. Remove all the other jump to graphics and links as it confuses and clutters the screen. Currently they are a shambles.

]]> By: Newspaper websites criticised « Qwerty2009’s Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-9758 Newspaper websites criticised « Qwerty2009’s Blog Tue, 26 May 2009 02:21:36 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-9758 [...] websites criticised Most newspaper websites are poor and hard to read, says Online Journalism Blog. “Small fonts, long off-putting paragraphs, no subheadings, no in-content boxes or pictures, and [...] [...] websites criticised Most newspaper websites are poor and hard to read, says Online Journalism Blog. “Small fonts, long off-putting paragraphs, no subheadings, no in-content boxes or pictures, and [...]

]]> By: The Revival Network: The New Hometown Newspaper! http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-9757 The Revival Network: The New Hometown Newspaper! Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:26:40 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-9757 [...] Non-Network Research Newspaper Readability on the Web Interesting little article on the Online Journalism Blog about the readability of newspaper websites. A conundrum considering the blog’s own use of [...] [...] Non-Network Research Newspaper Readability on the Web Interesting little article on the Online Journalism Blog about the readability of newspaper websites. A conundrum considering the blog’s own use of [...]

]]> By: Newspaper websites need to improve their readability « MEDIA + AD + NEWS http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-9756 Newspaper websites need to improve their readability « MEDIA + AD + NEWS Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:29:03 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-9756 [...] websites are doing a bad design job in making their stories readable. Too many are using (continues@onlinejournalismblog.com) 0 Comments No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack [...] [...] websites are doing a bad design job in making their stories readable. Too many are using (continues@onlinejournalismblog.com) 0 Comments No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack [...]

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]]> By: Kataweb.it - Blog - SNODI di Federico Badaloni » Blog Archive » Confronto sulla leggibilità dei giornali (inglesi) online http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-9754 Kataweb.it - Blog - SNODI di Federico Badaloni » Blog Archive » Confronto sulla leggibilità dei giornali (inglesi) online Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:28:23 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-9754 [...] Ecco il link: http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/ [...] [...] Ecco il link: http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/ [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-04-21 | James Mitchell http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-9753 links for 2009-04-21 | James Mitchell Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:30:46 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-9753 [...] Newspaper websites need to improve their readability "Most newspaper websites are doing a bad design job in making their stories readable. Too many are using: small fonts, long off-putting paragraphs, no subheadings, no in-content boxes or pictures and no in-content links." (tags: journalism newspapers design online) [...] [...] Newspaper websites need to improve their readability "Most newspaper websites are doing a bad design job in making their stories readable. Too many are using: small fonts, long off-putting paragraphs, no subheadings, no in-content boxes or pictures and no in-content links." (tags: journalism newspapers design online) [...]

]]> By: Richard Ziade http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-9752 Richard Ziade Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:41:47 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-9752 Hi Malcolm: You may want to check out our bookmarklet for making pages easier to read. Many people use it and depend on it: http://lab.arc90.com/2009/03/readability.php Cheers, Rich Hi Malcolm:

You may want to check out our bookmarklet for making pages easier to read. Many people use it and depend on it:

http://lab.arc90.com/2009/03/readability.php

Cheers,
Rich

]]> By: Design a better newspaper website « Virtualjournalist http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/04/20/newspaper-readability/#comment-9751 Design a better newspaper website « Virtualjournalist Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:40:19 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=2547#comment-9751 [...] a post that has yet to go out of style — how newspapers can improve their websites. And he critques those that could use his advice. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)A petition to shut down [...] [...] a post that has yet to go out of style — how newspapers can improve their websites. And he critques those that could use his advice. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)A petition to shut down [...]

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