1st Edition
Practicing Convergence Journalism An Introduction to Cross-Media Storytelling
- What’s Old is New, What’s New is Old
- Eight Elements of a News Story and the Tools to Build It
- Sources and Background Information: Reporting before the Reporting
- Short and Fast: Covering a Spot News Story
- Law & Ethics: Reporting Rules of the Road
- Building the Spot Single Story
- Capturing Context and Tone: Using Words, Pictures and/or Sound
- Packaging the Story: The Daily Wrap
- The Multimedia Story: How to help audiences get what they want
- Feature or Enterprise News Stories
- Digital Storytelling: Design and Data
- Law and Ethics: Producing and Disseminating News
Biography
Janet Kolodzy is Associate Professor of Journalism at Emerson College. She is the author of Convergence Journalism: Writing and Reporting across the News Media, and has been a reporter, writer, and producer for newspapers and broadcast news.
"A solid overview of the issues and current landscape facing aspiring cross-platform journalists. Offers practical advice and thoughtful analysis of why and how journalistic standards still apply in the digital age."--Michelle Johnson, Associate Professor of the Practice, Multimedia Journalism, Boston University
"In Practicing Convergence Journalism, Janet Kolodzy deftly explains how convergence journalism has moved far beyond the cross-platform partnerships of a decade ago. Her holistic theory and strategies blend the best of the old and the new." --Camille R. Kraeplin, Associate Professor, Southern Methodist University Division of Journalism
