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Want some easy tips on using the Net? You can teach yourself the basics by reading from these articles below by JournalismNet's webmaster, Julian Sher.
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Articles by Julian Sher

From 2007:

• Top Ten Sites for Journalists

From 2006:

• Finding News Archives
• You've got Email to Trace

From 2005:

• Firefox - A Better Browser for Journalists
• RSS - Real Simple News Feeds

From 2004:

• Finding News
• Handy Toolbars

From 2003:

• Finding Who Is Behind a Web Page
• Stay Alert with Google

From 2002:

• A new generation of search tools
• Search by format
• Search by page title

From 2001:

• Covering war and terrorism
• Find photos and visuals
• Smart Tools are the wave of the future
• Tips for covering corruption
• Tips for covering foreign investment
• Tips for getting facts about a country
• Tips for covering a country's economy
  

From 2000:

• Finding news headlines
• Finding magazines
• Google gets better    The best search engine on the web improves. And AltaVista introduces Raging.com
• Search Assistants   Tools you can use
• African  web democracy     How journalists in Ghana and Nigeria are pushing for media freedoms

From 1999:

• Find information on countries    Government sites, country statistics and much more
• Search by domain    How to find sites in particular countries or domains
• Covering Kosovo
• Search engine tips    Tricks and tips for AltaVista and other search engines
• Keeping your email private
• Internet democracy in Africa: Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia       From an article in the Commonwealth Broadcasters Association magazine
  

From 1998:

• Find newspapers online
• Personalized news services            Putting the "me" in media
• Spying on people in chat groups     A basic how-to guide
• Caught in the web: Tracking email    Reprint of a feature article from the Toronto Globe and Mail

From 1997:

• Surfing software           Some of the best -- and cheapest -- tools to use.
• Ethics on the web            The new challenges for journalists on the web
• Listening to radio            How to listen to the best on the web
• Online J-schools            How to get educated online
• Media criticism

From 1996:

• Getting a good start       How to program your browser to start on the best page for you.
• Mailing lists         Why mailing lists can be a journalist's best friend
• Finding people      How to find people on the net

From 1995:

• A beginner's guide  

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