Journalism professor Jim Stovall discussed the importance of the Web's immediacy to a group of students Thursday night and emphasized how students can follow a Nutshell format to get information on the site as soon as possible.

• Professor Stovall has developed what he calls a Nutshell format for TNJN that will guide student-reporters in writing their stories by having them upload information to the site before they cover the event.
• It's important for reporters to gather as many facts, links, documents, etc. ahead of time and think about what photos they are going to use.
• In many cases, reporters can write about an event while they are covering the event.