Web Journalism Practice and Promise of a New Medium

by Stovall, James G.

• ISBN13: 9780205353989
• ISBN10: 0205353983
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-08
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Journalism on the Webexplores the current practices and future possibilities of Web journalism and examines the characteristics of the Web that distinguish it from traditional media.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	xiii
CHAPTER ONE Logging on to the Web	1	(14)
WHAT IS THE WORLD WIDE WEB?	2	(3)
WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE WEB?	5	(6)
SIDEBAR: September 11, 2001	6	(5)
DISADVANTAGES OF THE WEB	11	(1)
WHITHER WEB JOURNALISM?	12	(1)
COOL IDEAS: DON'T READ AND DRIVE; LISTEN INSTEAD	13	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	13	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	13	(1)
WEB SITES	14	(1)
CHAPTER TWO News Web Sites	15	(21)
DEFINED AND CURRENT	16	(4)
SIDEBAR: Content Management Systems	18	(2)
OWNED AND OPERATED	20	(2)
DEVELOPING A WEB SITE (OR NOT)	22	(2)
GROWING THE WEB SITE	24	(1)
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED	25	(3)
NEWS SITES THAT DIDN'T MEAN TO BE	28	(2)
WEBLOGS: A NEW FORM OF JOURNALISM?	30	(3)
WHITHER WEB SITES?	33	(1)
COOL IDEAS: THROW AWAY THE KEYBOARD, TOSS THE NOTEBOOK	33	(1)
COOL IDEAS: PERMANENCE-BACK TO 1786	34	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	34	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	34	(1)
WEB SITES	35	(1)
CHAPTER THREE News: Expanding the Definition	36	(13)
OLD NEWS, GOOD NEWS	37	(2)
SIDEBAR: The President and the Intern	38	(1)
NEWS, AND MORE OF IT	39	(2)
SIDEBAR: The Starr Report	40	(1)
NO MORE DEADLINES	41	(1)
NONLINEARITY	41	(1)
AUDIENCE-GENERATED NEWS	42	(1)
PERSONALIZED NEWS	43	(4)
AND FINALLY ...	47	(1)
COOL IDEAS: IF READERS COULD CHOOSE	47	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	47	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	48	(1)
WEB SITES	48	(1)
CHAPTER FOUR Reporting: Gathering Information for the Web	49	(23)
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEWS	49	(3)
REPORTING: WHERE JOURNALISM BEGINS	52	(1)
WHAT MAKES A GOOD REPORTER?	53	(2)
SOURCES AND PROCEDURES	55	(1)
STORED SOURCES	56	(3)
SPEED AND NO DEADLINES	59	(2)
VERSATILITY AND TEAMWORK	61	(1)
BEYOND TRADITIONAL SOURCES	61	(1)
LATERAL THINKING: THE MIND OF THE WEB JOURNALIST	62	(4)
LAYERING INFORMATION	66	(2)
WHAT IT TAKES	68	(2)
COOL IDEAS: MORE THAN A TRAILER, MORE THAN A PREVIEW	70	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	70	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	70	(1)
WEB SITES	71	(1)
CHAPTER FIVE Writing: Every Word Counts	72	(19)
WRITING FOR THE MEDIA	72	(1)
STRUCTURES FROM PRINT	73	(3)
WEB WRITING STRUCTURES	76	(1)
SUMMARIES	77	(4)
OTHER WEB FORMS: LABELS AND SUBHEADS	81	(1)
WRITING FOR VISUAL EFFECT	82	(3)
NEW FORMS OF WRITING	85	(2)
SIDEBAR: A New Way of Writing?	86	(1)
WEBLOGS	87	(2)
IT'S STILL ABOUT JOURNALISM	89	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	89	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	90	(1)
WEB SITES	90	(1)
CHAPTER SIX Editing	91	(21)
EDITING FOR THE WEB	92	(2)
UPHOLDING STANDARDS	94	(2)
SIDEBAR: Journalistic Style: Rules of the Road on the Information Superhighway	95	(1)
FIRST DUTY: KNOW THE LANGUAGE	96	(1)
SECOND-LEVEL EDITING: FORMULATING THE LANGUAGE	97	(4)
SIDEBAR: The Five Commandments of Copyediting	98	(3)
HEADLINES, SUMMARIES, AND LINKS	101	(3)
THE EDITOR-REPORTER RELATIONSHIP	104	(2)
CONVERGENCE: WHERE MEDIA MEET	106	(2)
SITE DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION	108	(1)
ENCOURAGING AND MANAGING INTERACTIVITY	109	(1)
PRESERVING THE SITE	110	(1)
COOL IDEAS: COMICS, YOUR WAY	110	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	111	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	111	(1)
WEB SITES	111	(1)
CHAPTER SEVEN Photojournalism on the Web	112	(18)
PHOTOJOURNALISM: JOURNALISM, BUT DIFFERENT	112	(1)
LIFE AND TIMES OF THE PHOTOJOURNALIST	113	(2)
DEVELOPING GOOD PICTURES	115	(1)
THE PHOTO IN PRINT	116	(1)
THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION	117	(2)
A MEDIUM OF ACCEPTANCE AND CHANGE	119	(5)
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS	124	(2)
PHOTO WEB SITES	126	(1)
THE PROMISE OF THE WEB	127	(1)
COOL IDEAS: ONE MORE MEDIUM	127	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	128	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	128	(1)
WEB SITES	129	(1)
CHAPTER EIGHT Graphics Journalism: Words and Pictures Together	130	(23)
THE GRAPHICS REVOLUTION	131	(2)
INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS	133	(1)
TYPE-BASED GRAPHICS	134	(1)
CHART-BASED GRAPHICS	135	(2)
THREE TYPES OF CHARTS	137	(2)
ILLUSTRATION-BASED GRAPHICS	139	(1)
MAPS	140	(3)
DEVELOPING INFOGRAPHICS	143	(1)
GRAPHICS ON THE WEB	144	(3)
THE IMMEDIACY OF GRAPHICS JOURNALISM	147	(2)
ANIMATION	149	(2)
CONCLUSION	151	(1)
COOL IDEAS: FLOATING IN WORDS	151	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	152	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	152	(1)
WEB SITES	152	(1)
CHAPTER NINE Audio and Video: Sound and Little Fury	153	(14)
THE WEB AND BROADCAST NEWS	154	(2)
REPORTING AND WRITING FOR BROADCAST	156	(3)
SIDEBAR: Broadcast Writing Style	158	(1)
STORY STRUCTURE	159	(1)
BROADCASTING FORMATS	160	(2)
BROADCAST NEWS WEB SITES	162	(2)
SIDEBAR: On-the-Air to Online	163	(1)
WEBCASTING AND VIDEO ON DEMAND	164	(1)
CONCLUSION	165	(1)
COOL IDEAS: BLOGGING WITH SOUND	165	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	166	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	166	(1)
WEB SITES	166	(1)
CHAPTER TEN Design on the Web	167	(22)
SEPTEMBER 11 AND BEYOND	168	(1)
DESIGN AND LAYOUT	168	(1)
VISUAL LOGIC	169	(3)
DESIGN CONCEPTS	172	(1)
THREE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN	173	(1)
WEB SITE DESIGN	174	(2)
ORGANIZING A WEB SITE	176	(2)
WEB PAGES	178	(1)
THE FRONT PAGE	179	(3)
SECTION FRONTS	182	(2)
ARTICLE PAGES	184	(2)
SPECIAL SECTIONS	186	(1)
CONCLUSION	187	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	187	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	188	(1)
WEB SITES	188	(1)
CHAPTER ELEVEN Engaging the Audience	189	(12)
THE DEATH OF ALL MEDIA	190	(1)
A GROWING AUDIENCE	191	(1)
THE INTERACTIVE AUDIENCE	192	(3)
AUDIENCE-ORIENTED FORMS	195	(1)
PERSONALIZATION: THE DAILY ME	196	(2)
PAYING FOR IT	198	(1)
THE AUDIENCE SUPREME	199	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	199	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	200	(1)
WEB SITES	200	(1)
CHAPTER TWELVE Media Law Online (by Amelia Parker)	201	(16)
BROADCAST REGULATION	201	(2)
DECENCY ONLINE	203	(1)
DEFAMATION	204	(2)
PRIVACY	206	(3)
COPYRIGHT	209	(3)
OBSCENITY AND INDECENCY	212	(2)
CONCLUSION	214	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	215	(1)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	216	(1)
WEB SITES	216	(1)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Journalism Accelerated: Inside MSNBC	217	(12)
IMMEDIACY: INSTANT INFORMATION, JUST ADD WORDS	220	(2)
CAPACITY: GETTING TO THE "SECOND CLICK"	222	(2)
FLEXIBILITY AND INTERACTIVITY: BUT IS IT JOURNALISM?	224	(4)
THINGS TO COME	228	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	228	(1)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Practice and Promise	229	(8)
IMMEDIACY: THE ACCELERATION OF PRINT	229	(1)
CAPACITY: UNLIMITED BUT LIMITED	230	(1)
FLEXIBILITY: MANY TOOLS, ONE JOB	231	(2)
SIDEBAR: What Makes You Smart	233	(1)
PERMANENCE: BUILDING THE ICEBERG	233	(1)
INTERACTIVITY: THE BIGGEST QUESTION OF ALL	234	(1)
GETTING THERE	235	(1)
SIDEBAR: Keeping Up	235	(1)
DISCUSSION AND ACTIVITIES	236	(1)
INDEX	237