A guide to the new skills journalists must employ when using the Internet as a reporting, writing and research tool. It addresses the fundamental professional journalism skills and shows how they should be applied to this new technology. It hopes to provide a thorough grounding in all the necessary skills, from computer-assisted reporting and research, to designing Websites and writing HTML. It is supplemented with international case studies and an associated Website, designed to update journalists with the latest techniques.

Mark Twain argued that truth is stranger than fiction. It is certainly more powerful. The Mystical Odyssey of a Redneck from Texas will not only shock and intrigue but transform lives as well. A young redneck-a curious, outdoorsy kid-races crawfish and hunts rabbits for supper in the setting of a rough Texas town that proudly displays its motto: "The Blackest Land, The Whitest People." An uncomfortable, unwelcome experience upends his intolerant beliefs and provides a glimpse of the miraculous power of thought. Overtime, he learns to control that power to explore and exploit his inner mind....