Face the future: tools for the modern media age
Subtitle: the internet and journalism today
By: ed. by John Mair, Richard Lance Keeble
Publisher: Arima
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bury St. Edmunds
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9781845494834
Subjects: Online journalism
Other titles: Face the future
Notes: Met lit. opg.
Table of contents: title: Section 1: We have faced the future, and it works for us. 1. If you want to find out where (most) things happen first; title: go to twitter; title: 2. How the BBC puts its news online; title: 3. Staring into the crystal ball; title: and seeing a bright future for journalism; title: 4. How after Mosaic, the brave new world of the web opened up for me; title: and I never looked back; title: 5. You can teach an old dog new tricks; title: 6. From "clunky Motorola radios" to Twitter: a brief account of Jon Snow's reporting journey; title: Section 2: 140 characters that are changing the world. 7. A Twitter revolution in breaking news; title: 8. Battle of (t)wits? using Twitter as a journalistic tool; title: Section 3: In the killing fields: local journalism and the Internet. 9. How the snowball towards the social media is gathering pace; title: 10. How the British regional and local press is dealing with the Internet; title: or not?; title: 11. Why hyperlocal media is crucial for democracy; title: Section 4: From the edge to the centre of the modern newsroom. 12. The secrets behind mail online's soaring success; title: 13. Blogging for journalists: a route to independence?; title: 14. Personal branding now a key to getting that first foot on the ladder into journalism; title: 15. How the internet has transformed automotive journalism.; title: Section 5: Using the net for social action. 16. Help me investigate: anatomy of a crowdsourced investigation; title: 17. Face the facts: How the channel 4 news website has forced more honesty into British political dialogue; title: 18. Democracy live: shining a light on our democratic processes; title: Section 6: Maximising the money. 19. Writing the news that people are looking for; title: 20. The importance of real-time data to marketing and journalism; title: Section 7: Radical possibilities: Internet emerges as important site for media activists. 21. how the-Latest.Com is promoting citizen journalism for all; title: and uncovering the news; title: 22. Website relentlessly exposing the bias of corporate media; title: 23. Wikileaks and the limits of protocol; title: Section 8: Out of the world: challenging the power of the traditional media. 24. Social networks at the heart of Guyana's sole online news operation; title: 25. "Africa at 50" and the digital future: implications for journalisms; title: 26. Towards a new balance: the rise of new media in China; title: Section 9: In and out of academia. 27. How I learned to stop worrying and love the code; title: 28. Out of the academe and into the living and bed room: facing the future in higher education; title: the Coventry way; title: Section 10: What does it all mean? 29. Future tools: the crystal goblet; title: 30. Dr. Hack, I presume? liberal journalism in the multimedia age; title: 31. We are all dickheads now: reflections on the future of journalism.