Rövid leírás:
News reporting and dissemination is no longer a once-a-day occurrence but an instant connection to the audience.
News As It Happens reflects this change, offering practical guidelines for working as a journalist in an age of rapidly evolving media technologies. It provides students with a strong foundation that can be used across the breadth of their studies and helps them acquire specific skills required in working across all media platforms.
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Hosszú leírás:
We hunt it, gather it and consume it. We have a deep-seated urge to tell others about it.
In today’s 24/7 rolling news cycle, reporting is instantaneous with stories published online, on mobile devices and broadcast as they happen. This book is a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of journalism and covers the skills required by contemporary journalists to adapt and thrive in a constantly evolving media landscape.
News as it Happens provides a strong foundation to help you throughout your journalism studies, with information on how to:
– find the people and information you need
– write quickly and effectively for radio, television, print, online and mobile devices
– take your own photographs and shoot video
– understand the basics of media law
– develop a strong sense of ethics.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
PART 1: THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF JOURNALISM
The History of Journalism
The Methodology of Journalism
PART 2: WHAT IS NEWS?
News Values
Journalism Ethics
The Newsroom and Tips for Finding Stories
Dealing with Spin and Difficult Situations
Journalism Research
PART 3: NEWS WRITING
Interviewing
Writing News for Print
Writing Broadcast News
Writing News for Online and Portable Devices
PART 4: OTHER FORMS OF JOURNALISM
Feature Writing
Investigative Journalism
Photojournalism
PART 5: JOURNALISM LAW
How We Are Governed
Defamation
Contempt
Other Legal Perils
PART 6: NEWS ROUNDS
Courts, Crime, Councils and Sports
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance Journalists Code of Ethics
Appendix 2: Australian Press Council General Statement of Principles
Appendix 3: Links to Industry Codes of Practice and Complaints-handling Organisations
Glossary of Journalism terms
Glossary of Online terms
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