FREE ESSAY ON COMPARING USA TODAY: THE HARDCOPY AND ONLINE VERSIONS.

COMPARING USA TODAY: THE HARDCOPY AND ONLINE VERSIONS.

The two formats of USA Today are similar and yet very different. 
The online format gets updated regularly during the day and the fron page articles for
the following day are posted in the evening. So if you want to, you can find out what's
going to be in the paper. Now, of course current events that are sent to the presses
right before the run are not updated ahead of time. 
There is also a Tech section in the online version which is not in the hardcopy format.
This section contains articles and other things which usually end up in the Life or Money
sections, or do not get run at all in the printed paper. The webpage version also gets
current event updates, besides entertainment article updates, so all information is
relatively current. I am not sur ehow often they update the page or when they do it. I do
know that it is quite frequently though. I looked at the webpage before eating dinner and
after dinner and found it had different features each time.
The online version of USA Today also archives the articles written for the site. The
online version allows for instant retrieval of past articles. To get this same effect in
hardcopy versions, you would have to go to a library or other such place that stores back
copies of the newspaper. 
The online version, though, appears to be just as nice, and effective as the print
version. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and plan on continuing too enjoy the internet
copy of USA Today.