6th Edition

Writing and Editing for Digital Media

By Brian Carroll Copyright 2026
382 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

382 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

382 Pages 66 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

An essential guide to writing and editing for digital media, this sixth edition responds to the mainstreaming of genAI (Generative AI) and LLMs (Large Language Models), among many other changes in the best practices of digital storytelling. Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and places that typically abound with graphical content, multimedia, and... Read more

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Writing for Digital Media I

Laying the Foundation

Chapter 2: Editing for Digital Media I

Storytelling Strategies

Chapter 3: Writing for Digital Media II

Tools and Techniques

Chapter 4: Editing for Digital Media II

Creating the User Experience

Chapter 5: Whiteboarding

Generating Ideas and Getting Lift

Chapter 6: Doing Journalism

Seeking Truth, Minimizing Harm, Acting Independently

Chapter 7: Responsible Advocacy

Public Relations and Social Media Management

Chapter 8: Multimodal Storytelling

The Medium Is the Message

Chapter 9: Misinformation and Disinformation

Credibility in a “Post-Truth” Age

Chapter 10: Knowing the Law

Intellectual Property, Libel, and Privacy

Appendix: The Core Values of Digital Journalism

Index

Biography

Brian Carroll is Professor of Communication and Chair of the Department of Communication at Berry College, where he has taught since 2003. A former reporter, editor, and photographer, he is also the author of When to Stop the Cheering? The Black Press, the Black Community, and the Integration of Professional Baseball (2007) and Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays (2022), among others. You can find him on the web at cubanxgiants.berry.edu and at wanderingrocks.wordpress.com.