Knowledge management in the digital newsroom / Stephen Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Stephen, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic news gathering.

Knowledge management.

News agencies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Focal Press, [2002]

Contents:

1 Knowledge management and journalism 1

Information a glut product 4

From information scarcity to surplus 6

Declines in circulation 8

Technology a powerful driver 11

Social and economic causes of change 13

The role of media giants 14

Changes in consumer attitudes 15

Managing knowledge in the newsroom 17

New skills for the knowledge age 21

New approaches for a new age 25

2 The re-defined newsroom 31

Attitude: changing newsroom mindsets 33

Links between technology and mindset 37

Blending competition and co-operation 39

Physical: moving the furniture around 41

Technical change: acceptance of technology 52

From a production to an information base 54

3 The coming of convergence journalism 59

Factors influencing multiple-journalism 62

America's first convergence company 65

Multiple-journalism elsewhere in the USA 74

Convergence in Hong Kong and Singapore 77

Changes in Australian newsrooms 81

Multi-media television coverage 84

Opposing views of multiple-journalism 86

4 Intranets and knowledge management 94

What is an intranet? 95

Intranets and collaboration 96

Intranets: catalysts for change 98

A single source of information 103

Intranets for research 103

Cheaper to distribute electronic documents 105

Intranets save time through convenience 107

Intranets boost morale 109

Anticipating potential problems 109

5 New tools for journalists 114

Analysing successful data managers 115

The Advanced Journalist Technology Project 117

Newsplex: the newsroom of the future 123

Computer-assisted reporting 125

Geographical information systems 126

Databases for information management 128

Extensible markup language 131

XML enables convergence journalism 132

6 Mobile journalism 139

Mobile telephone generations 140

Main transmission technologies 140

Wireless application protocol 142

DoCoMo's i-mode 143

Open versus closed standards 144

Enabling the virtual newsroom 145

The virtual newsroom in practice 148

Unique issues for mobile reporting 152

Developing wireless content 154

The future is still unfolding 157

7 How to involve and evolve the newsroom 161

Danger: speed can trap the unwary 162

Vital to invest in training 163

Universities' role in the future 165

The ideal journalism recruit 170

A knowledge-based daily: Maeil Business Newspaper 173

Putting it all together 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

024051677X

OCLC:

49995864