Producing Online News: Digital Skills, Stronger Stories / Edition 1

by Ryan M. Thornburg

Overview

Building on a foundation of news stories, Producing Online News shows students how to use the right tools to get the right information to the right people at the right time. The goal is to become a full-fledged online news producer and transform stories into a complete news experience for an ever more demanding audience. Ryan Thornburg, a journalism trainer who has managed the websites of top news organizations, hones the skills students need to produce stories using multimedia, interactivity and on-demand delivery- online journalism's three pillars. Practical instructions show students not just how to use the tools but also how to make good journalistic choices in applying them. The book works for courses specifically in online journalism or for any journalism course that incorporates multiple platforms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781604269963
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/27/2010
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ryan Thornburg is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining UNC in 2007, Ryan spent 10 years in newsrooms working on developing new online editorial products and producing breaking national and international news stories for the Web. As a newsroom leader, Ryan led the integration of online and print staffers at U.S. News & World Report, launched CQPolitics.com for Congressional Quarterly, and oversaw The Washington Post's online coverage of the 2004 presidential election and 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Table of Contents

I. FOUNDATIONS OF ONLINE NEWS
1. Online News is Different
2. Online News is Still News
3. The Online News Audience
II. TODAY'S TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
4. Managing Content on a News Site
5. Editing News for Searchers and Scanners
6. Basics of Web Research: Cultivating Links, Cultivating Sources
7. Linking
8. Multimedia Reporting
9. Collecting and Using Data
III. THE FUTURE OF NEWS
10. Journalism as Process: Blogs and Breaking News
11. Journalism as Conversation: Engaging the Audience
12. Remixing the News