Rob Wells: LSJ off(line) on ’net news
Friday, 8 January 2010, 12:44
"If a student wanted to be a web designer they would have taken a web design course. Unlike law, knowing how to code a website is not essential for any journalist who wants to publish on the internet. There are suites of tools that come with either complete designs or automate the process. I believe that students should know how to do basic things in HTML, but it is not essential, and often better results can be achieved with tools that don’t require such knowledge." Amen.
Friday, 1 February 2008, 15:09
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"[Teaching Dreamweaver] not very relevant to journalism, , because it does not include a robust content management system! … Focusing on Dreamweaver teaches exactly the wrong mindset for online journalism: that your Web site is mainly an island unto its
