Practicing convergence journalism : an introduction to cross-media storytelling / Janet Kolodzy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolodzy, Janet, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Online journalism.

Reporters and reporting.

Broadcast journalism.

Convergence (Telecommunication).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Taylor and Francis 2012

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Practicing Convergence Journalism teaches budding journalists how to make the most of digital technology to tell their stories effectively across multiple media platforms-in print, audio, video and online. Janet Kolodzy addresses multi-media and cross-media thinking, organizing, reporting and producing for both short-form spot news and long-form features. Her approach focuses on storytelling principles, not just specific technical practices, providing journalists with the mindset and skills they need to adapt their writing and reporting for the tools of today and tomorrow. <

Contents:

Preface: what is new about today's news audiences

What's old is new, what's new is old; Text box: what is newsworthy; Text box: Las Vegas Sun

Eight elements of a news story and the tools to build it; Text box: GlobalPost.com

Sources and background information: reporting before the reporting; Text box: my five tips for more focused searches; Text box: U.S. courts basics; Text box: Storify.com

Sources and background information: reporting before the reporting; Text box: Twitter on the beat

Law & ethics: reporting rules of the road; Text box : trust but verify; Text box : Storify.com

Building the spot single story; Text box: types of leads; Text box: story types; Text box: breaking news and making connections

Capturing context and tone: using words, pictures and/or sound; Text box : practicing convergence in sports

Packaging the story: the daily wrap; Text box : the story is dead, long live the story; Text box : the print or text story; Text box: the radio script; Text box: the video script

The multimedia story: how to help audiences get what they want; Text box: Andy Carvin and curating news

Feature or enterprise news stories; Text box: what makes someone a good profile subject; Text box: the Christian science monitor

Digital storytelling: design and data

Law and ethics: producing and disseminating news.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-189) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-22282-0

1-283-70834-5

0-203-09743-2

1-136-22283-9

9780203097434

OCLC:

817890920