Table of Contents
ForewordPrefaceIntroduction: Journalism Is About People, Not TechnologyUNIT 1: BASICSChapter 1 Digital Lives, Digital JournalismDigital InformationWhat Is It? How the Internet worksWhat Is It? Syndicated content with RSSWhat’s Next? Set up an RSS reader and subscribe to feedsWhat Is It? FTP (file transfer protocol)What’s Next? Set up an FTP ProgramWeb Design BasicsWhat Is It? How Web pages workWhat’s Next? Build an HTML page quicklyWhat Is It? CSS (cascading style sheets)What’s Next? Add CSS to HTMLWhat Is It? XML (extensible markup language)What Is It? Content-management systemsWhat’s Next? Launch a Word Press siteWhat Is It? Mobile apps versus mobile WebWhat’s Next? Make a Word Press site for mobileSummary: Start to see digital opportunitiesChapter 2 The Power of Publishing: How Blogging Changed Publishing and Journalism ForeverWhat Is It? Why blogs are importantWhat Is It? Then came TwitterWhat Is It? The digital firehoseWhat’s Next? Make a plan, create a blogWhat’s Next? Make a plan, start publishingWhat’s Next? Become a Pro on TwitterSummary: Passion and purposeChapter 3 Crowd-Powered CollaborationWhat Is It? CrowdsourcingWhat Is It? Open-source reportingWhat Is It? Engaged journalismWhat Is It? Managing news as a conversationWhat’s Next? Build and manage a community onlineWhat’s Next? Keep conversations accurate and ethicalSummary: Collaborative publishing, social media are here to stayChapter 4 Going MobileWhat Is It? Mobile journalismWhat’s Next? Making mobile journalismSummary: Mobile futureUNIT 2: MULTIMEDIAChapter 5 Telling Stories With VideoWhat Is It? The digital video revolutionWhat’s Next? Plan your video and goWhat’s Next? Voice in videoWhat’s Next? Gear up and get out thereWhat’s Next? Shooting good videoWhat’s Next? Editing and post-productionWhat’s Next? Publishing video onlineSummary: Start small, but make sure you startChapter 6 Visual Storytelling With PhotographsWhat Is It? Digital photographyWhat’s Next? Shooting better photos with a digital cameraWhat’s Next? Working with digital photographsWhat’s Next? Publish your photos onlineSummary: Photography is a critical tool for journalistsChapter 7 Making Audio Journalism VisibleWhat Is It? Audio journalismWhat’s Next? Get started with audioWhat’s Next? Gear up and get out thereWhat’s Next? Editing digital audioWhat’s Next? Start podcastingSummary: Audio Journalism—Part of the next big thingUNIT 3: EDITING AND DECISION-MAKINGChapter 8 Data-Driven Journalism and Digitizing Your LifeWhat Is It? Your digital lifeWhat Is It? Data-driven journalismWhat’s Next? Building spreadsheets, databasesWhat Is It? Map mashupsWhat’s Next? Build an interactive map with dataSummary: Better life, better journalismChapter 9 Building a Digital Audience for NewsWhat Is It? Measuring journalismWhat’s Next? Track all that you publishWhat’s Next? Track your audienceWhat Is It? Search engine optimization (SEO)What’s Next? Use SEO to grow your audienceWhat’s Next? Audience engagement drives distributionWhat’s Next? Connect and engage in social mediaSummary: Track, measure, distribute, adaptAppendix: Suggested Web ResourcesIndexAbout the Author