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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 professional standards in mutlimedia journalism.
List of contents
Guided tour Introduction: Equipping you for the fourth revolution in journalism How to use this book in conjunction with the online version
Part A: Getting started 1. Essentials of writing a news story 2. Creating a publishing platform 3. Getting started with social media Social media 4. Audio and podcasting 5. Still pictures and video
Part B: Building proficiency 6. Live blogging and curation 7. Developing your abilities as a reporter and interviewer 8. Building proficiency with Wordpress 9. Social and community journalism 10. Email bulletins and creating your own RSS feed with Yahoo Pipes 11. Stills, audio and audio-visual packages 12. Video 13. Data journalism 14. Building a personal brand, and developing a specialism
Part C: Professional Standards 15. Features and in-depth packages 16. Advanced online research, search engine optimisation, analytics, sub-editing, and proof reading 17. Multi-platform publishing and developing your skills as an editor 18. Advanced multimedia storytelling 19. Long-form video journalism, audio and video news bulletins and magazine programmes 20. The future
About the author
Andy Bull has been a journalist for over 30 years, working in senior positions on The Times, AOL, The Independent, Conde Nast and The Mail on Sunday, among others. He is also the author of
Brand Journalism (Routledge, 2013).
Summary
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 professional standards in mutlimedia journalism.
