Principles of Convergent Journalism

This skills-oriented text is a core book for courses in convergent journalism, an emerging course that looks at the way demands to produce content across media platforms impacts journalism practice. Sections include a brief primer on basic reporting and interviewing skills needed for all media, repurposing broadcast and print news for the Internet, basic principles of broadcast writing and reporting for print reporters, basic principles of print writing and reporting for broadcast reporters, and finally, incorporating convergent journalism techniques into other emerging media. The text is written to work as a supplementary text for programs with a single news writing and reporting course, as well as a foundational text for larger programs with a convergent journalism curriculum.