Like the technologies that support it, the craft of online journalism is evolving quickly. This timely book helps students develop standards of excellence, through interviews with more than 30 writers, editors and producers, and dozens of examples of strong work. The author provides a framework of concepts to show how the field is evolving and challenged by competition, staffing limitations, and other pressures. Discussion is organized around four key elements: speed and accuracy with depth in breaking news; comprehensiveness in multimedia content; open-endedness in story development, including public contributions; and conversation with users. Chapter-length treatments of these topics bring home the realities of online work to students, who also come to appreciate how excellence and ethics online go hand in hand.
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"I think it is a great idea and will fill a need, both for my class and other, more skills-oriented online journalism courses. I like that it includes ethics but goes beyond that - the four elements of excellence on the Web go to the unique characteristics of the medium and therefore give students something new to think about and discuss, whether from the viewpoint of journalists or as media consumers. ... The book, by looking specifically at opportunities and challenges of ethical journalism ONLINE, will contribute to understanding both journalism ethics (because there are new challenges online) and the general practice of online journalism." -- Kathy Olson "Reading about the practices and insights of working professionals is the book's greatest appeal. Chapters are richly detailed and address significant issues in online journalism. The writing is brisk and highly readable, and the examples are well chosen." -- Steven D. Koski "The greatest benefit is Craig's focus on the interrelated nature of the multiple forms of information presentation and the need for practitioners to move beyond the traditional journalism model." -- Michael Williams "Excellence in Online Journalism provides a great deal of concrete information for students. Its grounding in the tradition of journalism ethics makes it particularly valuable since the ethics become so well integrated into the practice. Students should easily learn that becoming an ethical reporter will make them a better reporter. Those teaching online journalism will do their students a good service by considering this book." -- Paul A Soukup, SJ * Communication Research Trends * "Craig uses the philosophical approach of the Notre Dame scholar Alasdair MacIntyre as applied by the media ethicists Sandra Borden and, to a lesser extent, Edmund Lambeth. This philosophical approach allows for the consideration of developing standards in the digital era, challenging some old rules while incorporating most of them into a rede?nition." -- Mark Neuzil, Ph.D. * Journal of Mass Media Ethics * "Institutions, such as media companies, come in for criticism when the balance of quality and pro?t get out of whack. Craig does a good job providing examples of how the professionals he interviewed attempt to keep quality in the product." -- Mark Neuzil, Ph.D. * Journal of Mass Media Ethics * "Craig's book is appropriate in a journalism ethics course, although I would be tempted to assign it in an advanced multimedia reporting class to flesh out the ethical dimensions of a journalist's decision making while showcasing the new best practices." -- Mark Neuzil, Ph.D. * Journal of Mass Media Ethics * 'This handbook will be welcome on any practical journalism course, especially at colleges that embrace the potential for theory-practice synergies. Its thoughtful approach via four elements of excellence, and the idea of external and internal goods, admirably situates thinking about journalism at the heart of doing it. [...] This book is remarkably up to date and should remain that way thanks to its companion website' -- Rob Campbell
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 11 mm
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978-1-4129-7009-9 (9781412970099)
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David A. Craig is an associate professor and associate dean for academic affairs in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. He teaches journalism ethics, editing and graduate research courses. His research interests include excellence in journalistic practice, the ethics of journalistic language, coverage of ethics in professions and values for ethical decision-making. Craig worked for nine years as a news copy editor. He earned an M.A. in communication from Wheaton College and a Ph.D. in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He taught editing courses at Northwestern University and Missouri. He has been a professor at Oklahoma since 1996.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Excellence Online: A Work in Progress
Excellence in Old and New Media
Excellence Online: Four Developing Standards
2. An Ethical Lens for Looking at Excellence
A Practice: The Social Context
Telos: The Big-Picture Goal
Internal Goods: Distinctive Achievements of the Practice
Standards of Excellence: Setting the Bar for the Field
Virtues: The Qualities of Good Character
External Goods and Institutions: Danger Lurking
3. Speed and Accuracy With Depth in Breaking News
The Battle to Be Fast and Right: An Old Challenge With New Pressures
Insights from Online Journalists: Giving Voice to a Standard
Breaking News Through an Ethical Lens
Online Excellence in Development: The Hudson River Jet Landing
Challenges to Maintaining and Enhancing Excellence
Overcoming the Challenges: Virtues in Action
On-the-Job Profile: Mark Stevenson Facing the Daily Challenges
4. Comprehensiveness in Content
Insights From Online Journalists: What Comprehensiveness Means
Challenges to Comprehensiveness
Overcoming the Challenges: Virtues in Action
On-the-Job Profile: Jenni Pinkley Facing the Daily Challenges
5. Open-endedness in Story Development
Excellence in Story Development Online
The Dynamic of Excellence
Challenges to Excellence in Story Development: External Goods Lurking
Attitude Check: Virtues for 21st-Century Journalists
On-the-Job Profile: Robert Quigley Facing the Daily Challenges
6. The Centrality of Conversation
A Longtime Value Takes Center Stage
Standards of Excellence in Online Conversation
The Dynamic of Excellence in Conversation
Now for the Challenges: Stumbling Blocks in the "Conversational Commons"
Virtue and Conversation
On-the-Job Profile: Eric Zorn Facing the Daily Challenges
7. Beyond the Big Guys: Independent and Community Journalism Online
Perspectives from Three Smaller Organizations
Citizen Journalism, Social Media, and Journalism as a Practice
8. The Future of Excellence in Online Journalism: Living in the World of Both-And
The World of Both-And
What It Takes to Work in the World of Both-And
Index
About the Author