Media publishers produce news for a full range of smart devices - including smartphones, tablets and watches. Combining theory and practice, Mobile-First Journalism examines how audiences view, share and engage with journalism on internet-connected devices and through social media platforms. The book examines the interlinked relationship between mobile technology, social media and apps, coverin…
Journalists and Job Loss explores the profound disruption of journalism work in the 21st century's networked digital media environment. The chapters analyse how journalists have experienced and navigated job loss, re-employment, career change and career re-invention as traditional patterns of newsroom employment give way to occupational change, income insecurity and precarious work in journalis…
Who can say what about journalism education : institutional actors and fields of discourse -- Training for precarity : skills education and journalism crises -- Disrupting j-school : academic culture as obstacle to innovation -- Pedagogical visions of digital success : program philosophies and curricular changes -- Educating journalists for a digital culture : facing down the central problems o…
This book offers a comprehensive investigation of the ways in which social media has affected change to the constitution of mainstream journalism. The volume does this in a unique way – by tracing the links between the different changes social media has brought to individual journalism practice, organisational processes and policies and institutional understandings of journalism. The role of …
Previous editions titled: Computer-assisted reporting.
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…
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.
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…
Entrepreneurial Journalism explains how, in the age of online journalism, digital-savvy media practitioners are building their careers by using low-cost digital technologies to create unique news platforms and cultivate diverse readerships, the book also offers a range of techniques and tips that will help readers achieve the same. Its opening chapters introduce a conceptual understanding of th…