Online Vs. Print - Help me decide

The Austin American Statesman has a new online edition. It is not free, but they are offering free subscriptions to schools if we want them instead of the paper edition.

Help me decide

Should I request the online subscriptions instead of the print?

Go to the free preview of TODAY's newspaper.

Click here to go to the Newspapers in education page. Scroll down on the page, and click on the small link that says:

"Click here to sample the new Electronic Edition for FREE:"

Look through the online edition and the print edition, and answer the following ON YOUR BLOG.

On your blog

1. Read two identical full stories on the online and in the printed paper.
A. Write the headlines of the stories you read.
B. Which was easier to read (print or online) and why?

2. Scan both the online and the print editions, and find at least three stories from three different sections that catch your eye.
A. Write the headlines of the stories that caught your eye.
B. Which was easier to scan through (print or online) and why?
C. Overall, would you rate the navigation tools of the online edition as excellent, fair, or poor and why?

3. Choose three photos that you like and look at them in both the print and the online edition.
A. Write the page numbers of the photo and the name of the photographer.
B. Do the photos look better on the print or the online edition? Why?


4. Look for the review of the movie, "Before the devil knows you're dead" in both the print and online versions. Use the search function in the online edition.
A. Which was easier to find, the online or the print edition?

5. Make a decision. Which would you rather work with and read, the print or the online edition? Explain your choice in detail. Write at least three sentences to justify your answer.