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Practicing Convergence Journalism

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An Introduction to Cross-Media Storytelling

Practicing Convergence Journalism

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Practicing Convergence Journalism book

An Introduction to Cross-Media Storytelling
ByJanet Kolodzy
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2012
eBook Published 10 August 2012
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203097434
Pages 216
eBook ISBN 9780203097434
Subjects Humanities
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Kolodzy, J. (2012). Practicing Convergence Journalism: An Introduction to Cross-Media Storytelling (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203097434

ABSTRACT

Practicing Convergence Journalism teaches budding journalists how to make the most of digital technology to tell their stories effectively across multiple media platforms—in print, audio, video and online. Janet Kolodzy addresses multi-media and cross-media thinking, organizing, reporting and producing for both short-form spot news and long-form features. Her approach focuses on storytelling principles, not just specific technical practices, providing journalists with the mindset and skills they need to adapt their writing and reporting for the tools of today and tomorrow.

With this book and the aid of its companion website, students learn how to:

  • Develop a cross-media mode of journalistic thinking that will result in stories suitable for a fast-paced, multitasking and mobile audience.

  • Decide when visuals are useful and necessary, and understand how to capture, select and organize them to effectively enhance a reader’s understanding of a story.

  • Put together various elements of storytelling (writing, audio, moving and still pictures) for an interactive journalistic experience.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|13 pages

What’s Old is New, What’s New is Old

chapter 2|13 pages

Eight Elements of a News Story and the Tools to Build It

chapter 3|17 pages

Sources and Background Information: Reporting Before the Reporting

chapter 4|18 pages

Short and Fast: Covering a Spot News Story

chapter 5|16 pages

Law and Ethics: Reporting Rules of the Road

chapter 6|17 pages

Building the Spot News Story

chapter 7|21 pages

Capturing Context and Tone: Using Words, Pictures and Sound

chapter 8|17 pages

Packaging the Story: The Daily Wrap

chapter 9|15 pages

The Multimedia Story: How to Help Audiences Get What They Want

chapter 10|17 pages

Feature or Enterprise News Stories

chapter 11|7 pages

Digital Storytelling: Design and Data

chapter 12|12 pages

Law and Ethics: Producing and Disseminating News

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