The Online World resources handbook
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Online</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>resources</strong> <strong>handbook</strong><br />
Chapter 9:<br />
Your electronic daily news<br />
Local news<br />
International news<br />
Seven minutes in 1991<br />
An overwhelming<br />
choice<br />
News by mail<br />
Searching the news<br />
Voice and video,<br />
please!<br />
Computer,<br />
Communication,<br />
Internet News<br />
News is more than<br />
news<br />
[INDEX] [Expanded Index] [Search] [NEXT] [BACK]<br />
Links to news spanning<br />
the globe<br />
Africa<br />
China<br />
Japan<br />
Middle East<br />
Other countries in<br />
Asia and the<br />
Pacific<br />
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America<br />
Links to news...<br />
Europe<br />
North America<br />
Russia and its neighbors<br />
Special interest news<br />
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errors.<br />
Read, see or listen to national and global news before they are announced by the<br />
traditional media. Get those interesting background facts. Get special interest news<br />
stories that seldom appear in traditional print. Sure, you read newspapers, watch TV, and<br />
listen to radio, but did you know how limited their stories are? Are you content with the<br />
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Traditional news media just give you a small part of the news. <strong>The</strong>ir editors are not<br />
concerned about YOUR particular interests. <strong>The</strong>y serve a large group of readers,<br />
viewers or listeners with different interests in mind.<br />
Go online and discover the difference. <strong>Online</strong> news has an enormous width and<br />
depth. Besides "popular" news, you will find stories that few editors bother to print. This<br />
may give you better insight in current developments, and in as much details as you can<br />
take.<br />
Balance your news intake between traditional and digital offerings, letting one<br />
complement the other. Get your news in whatever format and time frame that suit your<br />
needs. Decide what stories are important based on your own interest, and enjoy the<br />
feeling of freedom, diversity, and power.<br />
Most commercial online services offer news, and free news is exploding on the<br />
Internet. Most stories come from large news agencies and newspapers. Often, you can<br />
read and search articles from magazines, newsletters and other special publications.<br />
Although not as convenient to carry as a real newspaper or as easy to watch as the<br />
6 o'clock news, online news is a valuable resource for those whose jobs depend on<br />
up to date information. <strong>The</strong> ability to search today and yesterday's news makes it<br />
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