Online Journalism: Reporting, Writing, and Editing for New Media (with InfoTrac )
ONLINE JOURNALISM: REPORTING, WRITING AND EDITING FOR NEW MEDIA is the first truly comprehensive textbook available that can teach students how to report, write, and edit strictly for online media. Unlike other texts that simply "tweak" traditional writing and editing techniques, ONLINE JOURNALISM was created specifically with the Internet in mind. Written in a lively style, this book will appeal to students who want to explore writing opportunities with online media. It is also supplemented...
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Craig (San Jose State University) teaches undergraduates the most important aspects of journalism using standards common to the profession, while focusing on the unique characteristics and needs of online journalism. Sections cover reporting, writing, editing, and ethics and the law. Each section includes a brief introduction, excerpts from interviews with online journalists, and exercises. An accompanying Web site includes links to news sites, examples, audio content, and updates on how breaking news stories tie in to concepts discussed in the book. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1. Why Is Online Journalism Different? 2. The Job of the Online Journalist. 3. Generating and Focusing Story Ideas. 4. Web Resources and Databases. 5. Sources and Interviewing. 6. Online Writing Styles. 7. Hooking and Keeping Readers. 8. Revving Up Your Writing. 9. The Last Minute(s). 10. An Uphill Battle: Online Copy Editing. 11. The Online Editor/Utility Infielder. 12. Multimedia for News. 13. Basic Online Layout. 14. Online Standards vs. Journalistic Standards. 15. Legal Issues Online and Offline. 16. Ethics in Cyber-Land. 17. The 21st Century Journalist.
\ From the Publisher"The single most important strength of this book is that it is broad, but detailed. It covers the range of issues and topics that students need to know in order to better understand the online environment and to succeed in that special subsection called journalism."\ "(ONLINE JOURNALISM's) strongest aspect is that is devotes the majority of the chapters to reporting and editing in a Web environment."\ "This book has the potential to make a fresh contribution to the online journalism course because it contains material, such information specifically about online writing and multimedia formats, not in other texts."\ \ \
