Philip Berry

Web site: www.economist.com

1. What is the scope of the site?
This website includes periodical articles from The Economist magazine on-line. The site doesn't provide links to other websites, except for advertisements. The site is organized by the different regions of current news and events. (i.e. News, Business news, Financial news, World news, etc.) It has a level of navigation of over 30 layers. This site is huge! But, the site is very easy to navigate through.

2. Who are the site authors?
The site doesn't include hte suthors of the srticles and stories covered. But they are journalists who work for the Economist Group (Parent Company). The company hires people via the internet and only hires qualified journalists to work for them.
The site's institutional affilition is the Economist Group with offices in NY, London, and San Fransisco.

3. What category does the site fit in?
The site is an Electronic Periodical.

4. What is it focus?
The focus is on global/current affairs and news of the world in all aspects of news.

5. Rate the information contained in the site:
I rate this site to be 10 out of 10 with regards to news and information on current events. The material is accurate (as accurate as journalists can give.) and the information is current and updated daily. The info is not biased in the site. The information on the site is somewhat broad and in order to get more indepth information you must pay a subscription to the magazine. 

6. Rate the site and summary:
The site is a wonderful site for Hist. 343 and the study of current events in the European sector, plus the world all over. I do recommend this site to history and international studies students and students taking Hist. 343.