Multimedia Journalism: A Practical Guide, Second edition builds on the
first edition's expert guidance on working across multiple media
platforms, and continues to explore getting started, building
proficiency and developing professional standards in multimedia
journalism.
The second edition features new chapters including:
- getting started with social media
- live reporting
- building proficiency with Wordpress
- building apps for smartphones and tablets
- building a personal brand and developing a specialism
- long-form video journalism, audio and video news bulletins and
magazine programmes.
The new edition also includes an extensive range of new and updated
materials essential for all aspects multimedia journalism today. New
areas explored include editing video and slideshows for mobile and
tablet devices, the advanced use of mobile devices for reporting,
location-specific content creation and delivery, the use of video and
audio slideshows, and live blogging. Other updates include more material
on photojournalism as a storytelling technique, using and transferring
digital images and sound, the use of Google Analytics, and practical
guides to storytelling through infographics, timelines, interactive
graphics and maps.
The book fully engages with multimedia journalism in relation to range
of social media and web publishing platforms, including Wordpress,
Blogger, Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Instagram,
Pinterest, SoundCloud, AudioBoom and iTunes.
The book is also be supported by fully updated online masterclasses at
www.multimedia-journalism.co.uk.
