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A Practical Guide for Multimedia Journalism Mobile and Social Media Journalism is the go-to guide for understanding how today’s journalists and news organizations use mobile and social media to gather news, distribute content, and create audience engagement. Checklists and practical activities in every chapter enable readers to immediately build the mobile and social media skills that today’s journalists need and news organizations expect. In addition to providing the fundamentals of mobile and social media journalism, award-winning communications professional and author Anthony Adornato discusses how mobile devices and social media have changed the way our audiences consume news and what that means for journalists. The book addresses a changing media landscape by emphasizing the application of the core values of journalism–such as authentication, verification, and credibility–to emerging media tools and strategies. Learn about the latest industry trends, see examples from professional journalists, and watch video tutorials at MobileandSocialMediaJournalism.com.
Mastering Social Media and Mobile Apps for Reporting
Mastering Social Media and Mobile Apps for Reporting
In this chapter you will
- Learn about features of the most popular social media platforms used by journalists.
- Learn to harness those platforms for newsgathering purposes: to find story ideas, sources, and content.
- Locate reliable information from social media to enhance reporting.
- Filter and sift through all the information you have at your fingertips.
- Begin to understand how to use mobile devices and social media to plan coverage of a story and report from the field.
There are similarities among many social media platforms—the terms hashtag and handle have become a common part of our social networking language. Students, considered digital natives, know this firsthand. However, not all social media and their mobile apps can ...
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