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At 12:57 on 13 Aug 98, Robert Niles  wrote in part:

> Online, programming can become as much an act of "storytelling" as
> putting nouns and verbs together is in print. Perhaps that is why
> the first online news producers included so many computer-assisted
> reporting specialists. CAR journalists not only had a better
> understanding of computers and networking technology than most
> traditional reporters, but they also had a better understanding of
> data and how it could be worked to create new information. Both
> those skills, in addition to traditional reporting and editing
> skills, are essential (IMHO) to do top quality work online.

Don't forget the other main source of online pioneers: journalists
experienced in graphics and design -- fields which long have been
involved with both technology and non-linear storytelling. A few
actually came from both graphics *and* CAR -- specialties that often
worked closely together in print -- or from the ranks of system
editors, whose major clients in the newsroom tended to be in those
specialties.


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