Convergent Journalism: An Introduction is a pioneering textbook that will teach you how to master the skills needed to be a journalist in today's converged media landscape. This book shows you what makes a news story effective, and how to identify the best platform for a particular story, whether it's the Web, broadcast or print. The bedrock tenets of journalism remain at the core of this book,…
Offers advice on working across multiple media platforms and how to create and use video, audio, text and pictures. 'Multimedia Journalism' is a hybrid project made up of the book and a companion website. Throughout the book you will be directed to online activities, videos, demonstrations, interviews, links, tutorials and updates that directly support the teaching in the book.
Investigative Reporting provides a step-by-step approach for tackling any investigative story, teaching reporters the skills they need to overcome common obstacles during investigative work. Experienced reporter and instructor, Marcy Burstiner offers readers guidance on how to identify story ideas, craft a premise, seek out human sources and documents, file public records requests, and analyze …
Previous editions titled: Computer-assisted reporting.
Introduction: the mainstreaming of gaming culture and journalism's Ludic turn -- Journalism and the politics of game content -- News branding through news experiences -- Open world game narratives -- Documentary games -- Social media and mobile gaming -- Imersive design: VR journalism -- Conclusion: the ultimate empathy machine? games about refugees and migrants.
This book is an authoritative discussion of user comments and moderation in digital journalism, examining how user comments have disrupted the field of journalism and how a growing number of news organizations have abandoned commenting features altogether. Making a broad argument concerning user commentary as a manifestation of user engagement and public deliberation, User Comments and Moderati…
Given the interdisciplinary nature of digital journalism studies and the increasingly blurred boundaries of journalism, there is a need within the field of journalism studies to widen the scope of theoretical perspectives and approaches. Theories of Journalism in a Digital Age discusses new avenues in theorising journalism, and reassesses established theories. Contributors to this volume descri…
This book explores ways in which the increasingly 'measurable' news audience has had an impact on journalistic practices, in an era when digital platforms provide real-time, individualizable, quantitative data about audience consumption practices. Considering the combination of digital technology that makes measurable journalism possible, the contributors to this volume examine the work of vari…
The definitive guide to using data and technology in reporting, this text teaches students how to combine data analysis with traditional reporting to create compelling stories. Through coverage of theory, practical examples, online tutorials, and celebrated stories from around the world, thistext demonstrates the tools and principles of data-driven journalism.
"An essential guide for anyone hungry to learn how journalism should be practised today, and will be tomorrow. Hill and Lashmar encapsulate the transformative impact technology is having on journalism, but anchor those changes in the basic principles of reporting." - Paul Lewis, The Guardian "As the news business transforms, Online Journalism is a fantastic new resource for both students and le…
Disrupting Journalism Ethics sets out to disrupt and change how we think about journalism and its ethics. The book contends that long-established ways of thinking, which have come down to us from the history of journalism, need radical conceptual reform, with alternate conceptions of the role of journalism and fresh principles to evaluate practice. Through a series of disruptions, the book unde…
The development of digital media has delivered innovations and prompted tectonic shifts in all aspects of journalism. The collapse of the 'advertising model' and the impact of the continuing global recession have created economic difficulties for legacy media, started a search for new business strategies, and triggered concerns about the very future of journalism. This book is essential reading…
A travel journalism history -- Travel journalists and professional ideology -- Reporting and newsgathering in a travel context -- Economics of travel journalism production -- Audience expectations and practices online -- Writing online: suggestions and considerations -- Engaging with user-generated content from twitter to tripadvisor -- Reporting from foreign lands -- Self-branding the travel j…
Digital Sports Journalism foregrounds the essential practices for covering sport for online audiences.
Indonesia is undergoing a process of rapid change, with an affluent middle class due to hit 141 million people by 2020. While official statistics suggest that internet penetration is low, over 70 million Indonesians have a Facebook account, the fourth highest group in the world. Jakarta is the Twitter capital of the world with more tweets per minute than any other city around the globe. In the …
A cutting edge and critical exploration of the intersection between journalism and our rapidly evolving digital communication technologies.
Providing an entry point into the emerging methods in digital journalism research, this book describes, discusses and exemplifies ways to collect, process and analyse digital media data, moving the methodology of digital journalism research forward. This book was originally published as a special issue of Digital Journalism.