Article Sources for Student Blogs

SUMMARY

As you start out on a search for Web-related news that pertains to our class, I'd like to offer a few options that might help you along. There are abundant sources online beyond what I offer here, but these can be a good starting point if you need one. I've divided them into a few categories. 

NEWS AGGREGATORS 

One easy place to start your search for tech news is with ... a search engine! Rather than typing in a query, you can go to the news section of a site where top stories by topic are gathered together from news sources around the world. Just go to the technology section and look at what's grabbing headlines.

Google News 

http://news.google.com

Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com 

GENERAL NEWS SOURCES

Any large news-gathering organization will cover topics in technology and of interest to our class. These are a few examples of sources I use, but many more (infinitely more!) are available. If you have a preferred regular news source, you can just start paying attention to their tech beat.

BBC News Technology Section
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology/


Financial Times Digital Business Section

http://www.ft.com/technology/digitalbusiness

New York Times Technology Section

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html

Reuters Technology Section

http://www.reuters.com/news/technology

INFORMATION DESIGN AND INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE

These two sites specialize in issues of interest to our class. The first publishes more original content, while the second aggregates stories from around the Web that relate to information design.

Boxes and Arrows

http://www.boxesandarrows.com/

InfoDesign: Understanding by Design

http://www.informationdesign.org/

TECHNOLOGY-FOCUSED SOURCES

The sources in this category focus on different, sometimes specialized areas of technology. All cover topics of interest to the Web and information design. Compare them to get a sense of what they emphasize and how it aligns with your interests.

A List Apart

http://www.alistapart.com/

ars technica

http://arstechnica.com/

Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/

O'Reilly

http://oreilly.com/

slashdot

http://slashdot.org/

TechCrunch

http://techcrunch.com/

useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website

http://www.useit.com/

Wired

http://www.wired.com/

ZDNet

http://news.zdnet.com/

PRIVACY, COPYRIGHT, CIVIL RIGHTS AND TECHNOLOGY

Organizations that specialize not just in innovation, but also in the ethics and implications of changes in technology, often capture news stories that relate to what they do. They're a good starting point to explore stories on these topics around the Web.

Creative Commons

http://creativecommons.org/

Electronic Frontier Foundation

http://www.eff.org/

Electronic Privacy Information Center

http://epic.org/