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Consider the Source:
A Critical Guide
to 100 Prominent
News and Information Sites on the Web,
published by Information Today
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Praise for Consider the Source:
“In the confusing, complex web of news and information
sites, Consider the Source is a terrific guide for all journalists and media-watchers.” —Sree Sreenivasan
Professor and Head of New Media
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
“Want
to find the best news on the Internet? Broderick and Miller have done the work for you, with an informative and entertaining
guide to the Web’s most popular news sites. They offer hard, honest appraisals of these sites, celebrating the successes and
exposing the failures. Whether you are a journalism student, a news junkie looking for another fix, or just a concerned reader
wondering if you’re getting the most accurate information, [Consider the Source] will help you improve the quality
of your bookmark list and RSS feeds.” —Robert Niles, editor
Online
Journalism Review
“A valuable, no-nonsense resource for newshounds and headline scanners alike. If Internet news is a jungle,
then Consider the Source is the perfect machete: light, extremely sharp, and it never gets dull.” —Michael D. Calia
The Press of Atlantic City
“Consider the Source
is a useful reference and reminder of the breadth of news sites online, offering critical analysis to help you navigate the
many information sources available.” —Jonathan Dube, editor
Cyberjournalist.net
“As a former journalist,
I am a news junky. For me, the Internet is a cornucopia of news outlets, but even I have to ask myself which ones I trust
most and this is especially true when I link to a story on a site I do not normally visit. Happily, I now have an excellent
source to consult in James F. Broderick and Darren W. Miller’s guide, Consider the Source: A Critical Guide to 100 Prominent
News and Information Sites on the Web....Based on my own knowledge of news sources, I would say this is a fair-minded
guide and one that journalists and consumers of the news will find of great value.” —Alan Caruba, editor
Bookviews.com
“From learning the motives and bias behind different sites to considering
alternative sites and news press and how they operate differently from mainstream media, Consider the Source: A Critical
Guide to 100 Prominent News and Information Sites on the Web is a pick for both college-level collections strong in media
studies and general-interest lending libraries alike.” —Diane C. Donovan
Midwest
Book Review’s California Bookwatch
“Consider the Source should fit comfortably on the busy researcher’s reference shelf.
Whether you are a newshound, student, journalist, or writer, this guide should save you a great deal of time in getting a
sense of the reliability and usefulness of at least 100 prominent, important, and reputable news and information sites. Put
it next to your writer’s guides.” —Abram Bergen
Blogcritics.org
WordWork-Play.com
“James Broderick
and Darren Miller have written the book I was sorely tempted to write....With a flood of new information sources, the great
challenge of the digital generation is to figure out whom to trust. Consider the Source offers us a useful reality
check.” —J.D. Lasica
SocialMedia.biz
“The book is an extremely well-written
and easy read that not only evaluates strengths and limitations of each Web site analyzed, but pulls in scintillating background
information or recent headline details as well.” —Vicki Hyatt, editor
The
Mountaineer
“For a book that is some 450 pages long and whose purpose is to list and review 100 online news sites, it works
surprisingly well....I was dubious about the potential usefulness of a book as a guide to websites, but I find I refer to
it now more than I expected. So, I give it four newspapers—‘Very good information’.” —Graham Stewart
FreePint.com
“As the U.S. presidential primary season begins in earnest, you can already find extensive
political coverage of the race on all manner of news organization Web sites. Whether you consider yourself a political junky
or simply an informed voter, you will find James Broderick and Darren Miller’s book Consider the Source: A Critical Guide
to 100 Prominent News and Information Sites on the Web (CyberAge Books) an interesting guide to news and information online....Even
if you do not completely agree with the authors’ assessments, you will likely find this an interesting book to thumb through
from time-to-time and you may even discover a new site or two of interest.” —Special
Libraries Association
SLA Connections (E-Newsletter)
September 2007 Book Recommendation
“I already spend too much time
on the Web, and this book just makes me want to spend more. Can one ever get too much news? Clearly the authors don’t think
so, but this field guide will help you cover the best of the news sites and perhaps make better use of your time....The reviews
are written in a breezy style, and the authors are not afraid to voice their opinions. They manage to make each review unique,
interesting, and informative—a difficult task when describing so many similar resources. If you need to keep track of news,
this book is a useful tool, especially for a quick idea of the focus of an unfamiliar site.” —Deborah Lynne Wiley
Online magazine
“Lest they be accused of adopting
too subjective an approach or attempting to impose personal views on those seeking information for specific research purposes
or just general interest, let me enter a verdict of ‘Not guilty’. The format chosen encourages an objective analysis of the
sites....The personal opinions have been subjugated to an analysis of well-recorded facts....Each ranking is the result of
a considered and pragmatic approach to the style, content and purpose of the individual site. While there must inevitably
be an element of subjectivity in awarding ‘marks out of five’, the ratings and associated comments follow clearly from the
narrative.” —Nic Walker
Society for Editors and Proofreaders Review
of Books
“Information Update readers know how important it is to consider the source, and
this book really helps facilitate that process.” —Information Update
Shamel
Information Services
“This accessible resource will be valuable in a wide variety of classes,
including public speaking and journalism....Web site reviews on this topic are available from many online and print sources,
but this one is the most concise and easiest to use....this is a useful book.” —Ivy
Miller, Kirby Library, Kingston, PA
School Library Journal
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