[Sigia-l] "Web shells"

[Gene Smith]

Not sure if anyone else saw this article on web shells at Online 
Journalism Review: http://www.ojr.org/ojr/business/1030665107.php

It's an interesting read that touches on some IA-related aspects of 
online journalism.

<quote>
There are people who actually think about, talk about, and worry about 
Web shells, although they may use other terms for them. Rob Curley [...] 
calls them "evergreen packages." Hal Straus, database editor and manager 
at Washington Post.Newsweek Interactive, calls them contextual 
navigation or orbiting content.

Doug Feaver, executive editor of Washingtonpost.com, refers to them as 
navigation or a sub-section. Whatever you call it -- and I'll stick with 
shell -- the links to data, resources, backgrounders and archives that 
wrap around the news of the day or features [...] are having more impact 
on the practice of journalism than reporters and editors might suspect.
</quote>

Cheers,

Gene
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