Multimedia Journalism

Multimedia Journalism
Author: Andy Bull
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2015-10-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317646096

Multimedia Journalism: A Practical Guide, Second edition builds on the first edition’s expert guidance on working across multiple media platforms, and continues to explore getting started, building proficiency and developing professional standards in multimedia journalism. The second edition features new chapters including: getting started with social media live reporting building proficiency with Wordpress building apps for smartphones and tablets building a personal brand and developing a specialism long-form video journalism, audio and video news bulletins and magazine programmes. The new edition also includes an extensive range of new and updated materials essential for all aspects multimedia journalism today. New areas explored include editing video and slideshows for mobile and tablet devices, the advanced use of mobile devices for reporting, location-specific content creation and delivery, the use of video and audio slideshows, and live blogging. Other updates include more material on photojournalism as a storytelling technique, using and transferring digital images and sound, the use of Google Analytics, and practical guides to storytelling through infographics, timelines, interactive graphics and maps. The book fully engages with multimedia journalism in relation to range of social media and web publishing platforms, including Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, SoundCloud, AudioBoom and iTunes. The book is also be supported by fully updated online masterclasses at www.multimedia-journalism.co.uk.

The Solo Video Journalist

The Solo Video Journalist
Author: Matt Pearl
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2016-11-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317219856

It is becoming increasingly important for television reporters to be proficient in many, if not all, of the steps in production. The Solo Video Journalist will make handling all these responsibilities seem possible, and do so from the hands-on perspective of a current reporter with years of experience as a multimedia journalist. This book will cover all aspects of multimedia journalism, from planning for a segment, to dressing appropriately for one’s multiple roles, to conducting interviews and editing. The instruction and guidance in this text will help make readers valuable players in their field, and it is filled with real-world examples and advice from current professionals. Whether it be college students learning from the ground up or journalists early in their careers, The Solo Video Journalist ensures they will have all the materials they need to be successful multimedia journalists.

Feature and Narrative Storytelling for Multimedia Journalists

Feature and Narrative Storytelling for Multimedia Journalists
Author: Duy Linh Tu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2015-01-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317915259

Feature and Narrative Storytelling for Multimedia Journalists is the first text that truly focuses on the multimedia and documentary production techniques required by professional journalists. Video and audio production methods are covered in rich detail, but more importantly, various storytelling techniques are explored in depth. Likewise, author Duy Linh Tu tackles the latest topics in multimedia storytelling, including mobile reporting, producing, and publishing, while also offering best practices for using social media to help promote finished products. Whether you’re a student, a professional seeking new techniques, or simply looking to update your skills for the new digital newsroom, this book will provide you with the information and tools you need to succeed as a professional journalist. Integrated: The lessons in this book deftly combine traditional media production principles with storytelling craft. It is written with the perspective of modern professional journalists in mind. Practical: While rich with theory, this text is based on the real-world work of the author and several of his colleagues. It features Q&As with some of the best editors and video producers from top publications, including NPR, Vice, and Detroit Free Press, as well as profiles of leading video news organizations such as Frontline, Mediastorm, and Seattle Times. Proven: The author uses pedagogy from the world-renowned Columbia Journalism School as well as case studies from his own award-winning work. Interactive: The text is exercise- and drill-based, and the companion website provides multimedia examples and lesson files, as well as tutorials, case studies, and video interviews.

The Multimedia Journalist

The Multimedia Journalist
Author: Jennifer George-Palilonis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Broadcast journalism
ISBN: 9780199764525

[Uit de inhoud: Multimedia journalism. Defining multimedia: Information architecture in the digital world - Collaboration & specialization: Reporting & editing in interdisciplinary teams - Planning multimedia: Assessing multimedia potential for your stories - Navigation & interactivity: Planning & testing for the user experience - Speaking the language. Groundwork: The well-rounded journalist - Writing: Writing stories across platforms - Photojournalism: Capturing the moments that transcend language - Audio: Sound storytelling - Video: Visual storytelling & news in motion - Information graphics: Visualizing the news - Onward & upward. Story packaging: Multimedia design & content management - Looking forward: The future of news - and your place in it.].

Mobile and Social Media Journalism

Mobile and Social Media Journalism
Author: Anthony Adornato
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2017-07-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1506357156

Book Winner of the 2017-2018 Park Writing Award A Practical Guide for Multimedia Journalism Mobile and Social Media Journalism is the go-to guide for understanding how today’s journalists and news organizations use mobile and social media to gather news, distribute content, and create audience engagement. Checklists and practical activities in every chapter enable readers to immediately build the mobile and social media skills that today’s journalists need and news organizations expect. In addition to providing the fundamentals of mobile and social media journalism, award-winning communications professional and author Anthony Adornato discusses how mobile devices and social media have changed the way our audiences consume news and what that means for journalists. The book addresses a changing media landscape by emphasizing the application of the core values of journalism—such as authentication, verification, and credibility—to emerging media tools and strategies.

The Principles of Multimedia Journalism

The Principles of Multimedia Journalism
Author: Richard Koci Hernandez
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2015-06-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1317814061

In this much-needed examination of the principles of multimedia journalism, experienced journalists Richard Koci Hernandez and Jeremy Rue systemize and categorize the characteristics of the new, often experimental story forms that appear on today's digital news platforms. By identifying a classification of digital news packages, and introducing a new vocabulary for how content is packaged and presented, the authors give students and professionals alike a way to talk about and understand the importance of story design in an era of convergence storytelling. Online, all forms of media are on the table: audio, video, images, graphics, and text are available to journalists at any type of media company as components with which to tell a story. This book provides insider instruction on how to package and interweave the different media forms together into an effective narrative structure. Featuring interviews with some of the most exceptional storytellers and innovators of our time, including web and interactive producers at the New York Times, NPR, The Marshall Project, The Guardian, National Film Board of Canada, and the Verge, this exciting and timely new book analyzes examples of innovative stories that leverage technology in unexpected ways to create entirely new experiences online that both engage and inform.

Flash Journalism

Flash Journalism
Author: Mindy McAdams
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2012-09-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1136035370

This book will assist journalists and Flash developers who are working together to bring video, audio, still photos, and animated graphics together into one complete Web-based package. This book is not just another Flash book because it focuses on the need of journalists to tell an accurate story and provide accurate graphics. This book will illustrate how to animate graphics such as maps, illustrations, and diagrams using Flash. It will show journalists how to integrate high-quality photos and audio interviews into a complete news package for the Web. Each lesson in the book is followed by a learning summary so that journalists can review the skills they have acquired along the way. In addition, the book's six case studies will allow readers to study the characteristics of news packages created with Flash by journalists and Web developers at The Washington Post, MSNBC.com, and Canadian and European news organizations.

Power Performance

Power Performance
Author: Tony Silvia
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2011-03-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 144434062X

This book is a unique and definitive guide to the skills necessary for on-camera journalism and offers an invaluable behind-the-scenes look at the profession. Tailors the traditional skills of writing, reporting, and producing to the needs of journalists working in front of the camera Includes chapters devoted to the role of the storyteller, reporting the story across multiple platforms, and presenting the story on-camera Incorporates profiles of leading multimedia journalists and public relations practitioners Addresses the key ethical issues for the profession Offers practical advice for putting presentation skills to work Storytelling skills covered can be applied to a variety of traditional and new media formats including television news, radio, and podcasts

Advancing the Story

Advancing the Story
Author: Debora Halpern Wenger
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2018-08-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1544332440

"This textbook takes a systematic approach to teaching broadcast and multimedia journalism to students. Easy to follow [and] very relatable for students. Visually appealing...Love this textbook." —Beth Bingham Georges, California State University, Fullerton Updated Edition of Bestseller! It’s a multimedia world, and today’s journalists must develop a multimedia mindset. How does this way of thinking change the newsgathering and news production processes? Having conceived of and written their book in this changed media landscape, broadcast veterans Wenger and Potter seamlessly build on the fundamentals of good news reporting while teaching students to use depth, interactivity and immediacy as they maximize the advantages of each platform. While retaining the book’s clear instruction and advice from those in the trenches, Advancing the Story, Fourth Edition has been updated to reflect the latest issues and trends with: greater emphasis on social media and mobile media to gather, promote and disseminate news content; expanded coverage of media ethics and media law; extended examples of effective reporting across multiple platforms; updated writing exercises and new resources for reviewing AP style; and additional interviews with journalists at the forefront of industry changes.

Video Journalism for the Web

Video Journalism for the Web
Author: Kurt Lancaster
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2013
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 041589266X

As more newspapers and broadcast news outlets transition online, reporters and photojournalists are being asked to provide more and more video for their stories. This book teaches students and professional journalists how to shoot better video and tell better stories on the web.