Comments on: Journalism Net Picks of 2003

Journalism Net Picks of 2003

boost ventilator — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:09:33 -0800

JNet's Top Picks of 2003 : a random selection of some of the best, most topical or just plain fun sites for journalists.

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:02:54 -0800

Random is right. The selection of the Geektools Whois seems a bit naive. Why go to Geektools over any other Whois tool out there. I personally find samspade.org's version more comprehensive, and certainly the windows client version is handier. Likewise, using Alexa as a measure of credibility is a bit ignorant, as Alexa measures traffic by the usage of their toolbar. This is the very same toolbar that any self-respecting Spyware detection 'bot will wipe off your system in a heartbeat. All you can really tell through the Alexa statistics is how popular a site is with Alexa users, which are understandably a much small subset than the internet as a whole.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:27:49 -0800

Yeah, these are good resources, but pretty far from "the best" out there. (And I like samspade.org's or CoolWhois.)