Convergent Journalism: An Introduction--Writing and Producing Across Media (Paperback)

Description:

Learn how to deliver news in any and all media. This one volume teaches you how to master all of the skills needed to be a converged journalist. Don’t think only broadcast or print. Think online, air waves, magazines, PDAs, cell phones and electronic paper. Convergent Journalism an Introduction explains what makes a news story effective today and how to recognize the best medium for a particular story. That medium may be the web, broadcast, radio, or a newspaper or magazine – or, more likely, all of the above. This text will explain how a single story can fulfil its potential through any media channel. Convergent Journalism an Introduction shows you, the news writer, editor, reporter, and producer how to tailor a story to meet the needs of various media, so your local news story can be written in a form appropriate for the web, print, PDA screen and broadcast.

 

 

Chapter 1: What is convergence and how will it affect my life?
Author: Stephen Quinn, professor of journalism
- Defines the issues
- Sets the scene
- Shows how convergence is evolving worldwide
- Discusses the technologies driving convergence
- Outlines the skills that next-generation journalists will need
- Discusses the possible futures journalism faces

Chapter 2: The multi-media assignment editor and producer
Author: Terry Heifetz, managing editor NewsLink Indiana converged news service
- Convergence as event-driven news; therefore role of assignment editor is key
- Roles of producer and assignment editor (in detail); how they work together
- Differences in the positions between traditional and converged newsrooms
- Strengths of each type of media
- Organizing a program

Chapter 3: Words: The foundation stone of journalism
Author: Vincent F. Filak, assistant professor of journalism and advisor to Daily News
- The written word and its value to all forms of media
- In the world of converged media, employers are still looking for good writers.
- The re-emergence of the inverted pyramid and writing tight. What writers need to get information to people.
- Tight and smart writing doesn't mean boring writing. Ways to make your writing both crisp and engaging.
- A second look: How to edit yourself and get the piece ready for public consumption. Discusses adding enough background, reading something out loud, asking yourself questions and so forth.

Chapter 4: Broadcast writing and speaking
Author: Robert A. Papper, professor of telecommunications
- How to write and broadcast news for radio
- Writing for the ear in radio
- Writing for the eye
- Blending script and picture

Chapter 5: Writing for the web
Author: Wright Bryan, web news editor, NewsLink Indiana converged news service
- Is writing for the Web really different than writing for print?
- Electronic print reporting: A new way of moving print-style material
- Multimedia writing (the popular idea of convergence): Using all current writing skills (broadcast, print and information graphics) in one place
- "New" forms: Rise of the blog and the dominance of informality
- Rewrite specialist or reporter?: The organizational role of the Web writer

Chapter 6: Converged graphics across all media
Author: Jennifer George-Palilonis, instructor of journalism and graphics co-ordinator
– An outline of the basics of graphics reporting, regardless of the platform
– How convergence affects visual reporting from print, to web, to broadcast graphics
– Main differences among print, online and broadcast graphics
– How a visual concept changes as it makes the transition from newspaper, to web, to television
– How staffs might handle the challenges of making those adaptations happen
– Storytelling methods for multimedia graphics
– How a single story can be best served graphically across three different media platforms

Chapter 7: Digital still photography
Author: Thomas A. Price, assistant professor of journalism and photojournalism coordinator
- Brief history of effects of technology on photographic reporting
- The iconographic nature and power of the still photograph versus the passive involvement with the video image
- How convergence affects photographic reporting as to final intended product
- How editors view and select photographs for different target media
- Differences in story-telling techniques for different media
- Positive and negative aspects of the “platypus” or multi-media photographer
- Conflicting ethical standards among the different outlet media.

Chapter 8: Digital video photography
Author: Tim Underhill, production manager, NewsLink Indiana converged news service
- The professional television camera
- Composing images for the screen, television and computer.
- Shooting sequences, the basis for good storytelling.
- Audio, a sound foundation.
- Putting it all together to tell a story

Chapter 9: Editing for moving pictures
Author: John C. Dailey, assistant professor of telecommunications
- Shooting with the editor in mind
- Welcome to Final Cut Pro
- Capturing, the browser, the canvas and the timeline
- Simple editing
- Fancy stuff (filters, text and transitions)
- Print to tape

Chapter 10: Multi-media journalism: putting it all together
Author: Stephen Quinn, professor of journalism
- A new storytelling form
- Tools for multi-media journalism
- Back-pack journalism versus single skill journalism
- Interactivity

Chapter 11: Multi-media advertising
Author: Michael Hanley, assistant professor of journalism
- Introduction: Media advertising during the Dark Ages (1880 -1990)
- Weaving a new web
- Multi-media gets personal
- Interactivity and digital media
- The future at your fingertips

Chapter 12: Multi-media public relations
Author: Robert S. Pritchard, assistant professor of journalism
- Public relations in a wired world: what’s changed and what hasn’t
- Using multi-media to build relationships
- Using multi-media to communicate with the media
- Using multi-media to communicate with employees
- Using multi-media to communicate with the community

Chapter 13: Where do we go from here? Possibilities in a convergent future
Author: Stephen Quinn, professor of journalism and Vincent F. Filak, assistant professor of journalism
- Where is convergence leading us?
- Dealing with cultural issues
- What further skills do you need?

Author biographies + pix
index

描述：
這本書教你如何在任何媒體中傳遞新聞。這本書教你掌握成為一名融合記者所需的所有技能。不要只考慮廣播或印刷媒體，要考慮在線、空中、雜誌、個人數位助理、手機和電子紙上傳遞新聞。《融合新聞學導論》解釋了如何使新聞故事在今天有效，以及如何辨識適合特定故事的最佳媒介。這個媒介可能是網絡、廣播、無線電、報紙或雜誌，或者更可能是以上所有媒介。本書將解釋如何通過任何媒體渠道發揮單一故事的潛力。《融合新聞學導論》向新聞作者、編輯、記者和製片人展示如何根據各種媒體的需求來撰寫故事，使你的本地新聞故事能夠以適合網絡、印刷、個人數位助理屏幕和廣播的形式撰寫。

目錄：
第1章：什麼是融合，它將如何影響我的生活？
作者：史蒂芬·奎因，新聞學教授
- 定義問題
- 描繪現狀
- 展示融合如何在全球發展
- 討論推動融合的技術
- 概述下一代記者需要的技能
- 討論新聞業可能面臨的未來

第2章：多媒體任務編輯和製片人
作者：特里·海菲茨，NewsLink Indiana融合新聞服務的總編輯
- 融合作為事件驅動的新聞；因此，任務編輯的角色至關重要
- 製片人和任務編輯的角色（詳細介紹）；他們如何合作
- 傳統和融合新聞室之間職位的差異
- 每種媒體的優勢
- 組織節目

第3章：文字：新聞業的基石
作者：文森特·F·菲拉克，新聞學助理教授和《每日新聞》顧問
- 書面文字及其對所有媒體形式的價值
- 在融合媒體世界中，雇主仍然在尋找優秀的作家。
- 倒金字塔結構的再次出現和緊湊寫作。作家需要將信息傳達給人們的方法。
- 緊湊而聰明的寫作並不意味著無聊的寫作。使你的寫作既簡潔又引人入勝的方法。
- 重新檢查：如何自我編輯並準備好公開發表。討論添加足夠的背景信息、大聲朗讀、自問自答等等。

第4章：廣播寫作和演講
作者：羅伯特·A·帕珀，電信學教授
- 如何為廣播寫作和播報新聞
- 在廣播中為耳朵寫作
- 為眼睛寫作
- 融合腳本和圖片

第5章：網絡寫作
作者：萊特·布萊恩，NewsLink Indiana融合新聞服務的網絡新聞編輯
- 網絡寫作真的和印刷寫作不同嗎？
- 電子印刷報導：一種將印刷風格材料轉換為新方式的方法
- 多媒體寫作（融合的流行概念）：在一個地方使用所有當前的寫作技巧（廣播、印刷和信息圖形）
- “新”形式：博客的崛起和非正式的主導地位
- 重寫專家還是記者？網絡作家的組織角色

第6章：跨媒體的圖形設計
作者：珍妮弗·喬治-帕利洛尼斯，新聞學講師