If it feeds, it leads: news on the Net

Volume 8, Number 5 • May 2000

If it feeds, it leads: news on the Net
by Irene E. McDermott

INTERNET EXPRESS column presents a guide to online news. Describes online news sites for news that is worth both seeing and hearing, along with Web News Meta-Resources, News on the Run, Online Newspapers, News Magazines, News Search Engines, and News Evaluation. Contains a sidebar titled "Funny Papers" (p35) for news to help forget the world's troubles. Highlights CNN as everyone's first stop for up-to-the minute headline news, with the latest in politics, business, sports, space, health, books, and travel. Adds that NewsMaps offers topographical maps of U.S. national news, news from around the world, technology, and business news. Also lists three sites which allow the user to create their own newspaper. Includes three screen displays.