# Poorly designed sites hinder journalists

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/04/05/poorly-designed-sites-hinder-journalists/
- Published: 2001-04-05T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Many organisations’ Web sites are so badly designed that journalists can not use
them to find the information they need.

Many organisations’ Web sites are so badly designed that journalists can not use
them to find the information they need.

If you want journalists to use your Web site, you had better make sure you are making
it easy for them. A survey by Nielson Norman found that 40% of journalists could
not find key information on corporate Web sites. Sites made it difficult for journalists
to find a PR contact, locate press

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releases, and gather financial information.

Not surprisingly, some of the journalists surveyed said that a poor Web site could
damage their view of a company.

The survey includes 22 design guidelines.

 * **[British in top three of home Internet usage](https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/04/05/british-top-three-home-internet-usage/)**(
   5 April 2001)
 * **[Over-55s' use of Web increases](https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/04/06/over55s039-use-web-increases/)**(
   6 April 2001)
 * **[Nonprofit Open Source Initiative survey results](https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/04/06/nonprofit-open-source-initiative-survey-results/)**(
   6 April 2001)