TV Spy examines Cablevision's News 12 Interactive, which, the article claims, "is truly pushing local news forward".
According to E-Media Tidbits, The Digital Collection's archive of Sept. 11, 2001, news site screenshots has been relaunched. In my opinion, the Wayback Machine's September 11 Web Archive is a lot better, but both sites are interesting to browse.
In a new Digital-Web Magazine article, Zeldman argues that "the symptoms of disease and decay have already started to appear" in sites that don't use Web standards. News sites are a key part of this uninformed group. If you're wondering what the standards movement is all about, this piece is a must-read.
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