• Lost on the web?  Can never find what you want?
• Have you already hooked up reporters to the Internet but no one knows how to use the Web effectively?
• Are you missing out on stories?
• Do you want your newsroom colleagues to overcome their net-phobia, without falling for all the net-hype?

Get training for your newsroom staff  from an experienced investigative journalist and the webmaster of one of the most popular journalism sites on the web.

No geek talk, no techno-babble.  Just simple, news-oriented tips to help reporters and editors make the Internet work for them.

Julian Sher, J-Net's creator and webmaster, offers in-person training in your newsroom for journalists and others who want to learn how to use the Internet. Send an e-mail message by clicking here  if you are  interested. 

Click here for a list of previous clients.

Course topics include:

• Advanced search tips and tricks:  How to find things fast
• Spy on People:  How to find what people are saying and doing on the web
• Find People: Find phone numbers, addresses, criminal records, etc.
• Government information online:  What's there, how to use it
• Mailing lists and Newsgroups: How to find ordinary people for your stories
• Fnding experts:  For clips, background or features
• Personalized news service:  Make the news come to you
• News archives:  Where to find print, TV and radio stories
• Databases:  What's free and online
• Audio/visual online:  Listen and watch the best radio and TV
• Ethics online:  The do's and don'ts of web journalism
• Software tools and file management:  The cheap and best ways to save time and money

Tutorials: Train yourself online

•   Click here for Julian Sher's columns from "MEDIA" magazine
• Click here for other  Online Search Tutorials from various web sites.