Overview

As new-media news organizations continue to proliferate and traditional news media organizations ramp up their World Wide Web visibility, the ability to write news for online news products is fast becoming a requisite skill for both practicing journalists and journalists in training. Online Newswriting serves as a guide to help prepare practitioners for the brave new world of converging media and web page/Internet journalism. Students learn the basic mechanics, flow, style, tone, methods and techniques of online newswriting through numerous examples and models. Style tests let users easily assess how well they are mastering concepts and skills. Online Newswriting illustrates how to write online news stories incorporating pictures, graphics, audio, and video and describes how to blend the best of writing for print and electronic media into a new way of writing news for mass consumption. Coverage is extensive and includes explanatory, descriptive material; numerous examples and models; style tests; exercises; simulated news copy; and ethical/legal issues/concerns. With an ample supply of simulated wire copy, news releases and fact sheets, Online Newswriting can be used effectively as a practice-rich, main or supplemental text in a variety of journalism courses.

Full Product Details

Author:   K. Tim Wulfemeyer (San Diego State University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 28.20cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780813800493

ISBN 10:   0813800498
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   10 January 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

Introduction. About Midcity. Acknowledgments.. Section One: Theories, Philosophy, Style, Methods and techniques. Chatting Up readers. Keep It Short and Sweet. Be an Original. Developing and Evolving News. Do the Math. Make It Interesting. 5Ws and the H. Links to More Information. Verbs. Names. Titles. Ages. Addresses. Contractions. Attribution. Quotes. Profanity, Factual Errors, Slang and Poor Grammar. Numbers. Abbreviations. Measurements and Amounts. Symbols. Time of Day. Time Elements. Punctuation. Building a Story.. Section Two: Pictures, Graphics, Audio and Video. Writing for Pictures. Writing for Maps and Charts. Setting Up Audio and Video Cuts from Newsmakers. Setting Up Audio and Video Packages from Reporters. Writing for Video.. Section Three: Making Good Online Newswriting Better. Correct Usage.. Section Four: Legal and Ethical Concerns. Libel. Invasion of Privacy. Copyright Infringement. Plagiarism. Fabrication. Sensationalism. Conflicts of Interest. Codes o Ethics.. Section Five: Style Tests and Writing Exercises. Style Tests. New Briefs. Captions. Audio Cuts. Video Packages. Video Scripts. News Stories.

Reviews

Author Information

K. Tim Wulfemeyer is a Professor in the Journalism Degree Program in the School of Communication at San Diego State University. He has extensive radio-TV news experience, both on-the-air and behind the scenes as writer, reporter, producer, photojournalist, newscaster and sportscaster for radio and television stations in California, Iowa, New Mexico, Texas, and Hawaii. Dr. Wulfemeyer is author of Beginning Radio-TV Newswriting, Fourth Edition and Radio-TV Newswriting: A Workbook, Second Edition.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions