About the Book

Ubiquitous news, global information access, instantaneous reporting, interactivity, multimedia content, extreme customization: Journalism is undergoing the most fundamental transformation since the rise of the penny press in the nineteenth century. Here is a report from the front lines on the impact and implications for journalists and the public alike.

John Pavlik, executive director of the Center for New Media at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, argues that the new media can revitalize news gathering and reengage an increasingly distrustful and alienated citizenry. The book is a valuable reference on everything from organizing a new age newsroom to job hunting in the new media.

Contents

Introduction: Understanding the Impact of New Media on Journalism

Part I: Altering News Content

1.     Transforming Storytelling: From Omnidirectional Imaging to Augmented Reality        2. Assessing the State of Online Journalism

Part II: Transforming How Journalists Do Their Work

3.    New Tools for News Gathering

4.    A Reporter's Field Guide to the Internet

5.    Journalism Ethics and New Media

Part III: Restructuring the Newsroom and the News Industry

6.    Newsroom for a New Age: Managing the Virtual Newsroom

7.    Digital Television and Video News: A Crisis of Opportunity

Part IV: Redefining Relationships

8.    Audiences Redefined, Boundaries Removed, Relationships Reinvented

9.    Business Models for Online Journalism

Part V: Implications for the Future: The Telecommunications Act, Intelligent Agents, and Journalism Practice and Education

10.  Long-Term Consequences of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: New Rules of the Game               

11.   Implications of Intelligent Agents for Journalism: Ghosts in the Machine

12.   New Media and Journalism Education: Preparing the Next Generation

13.   Job Prospects in Online Journalism

About the Author / Editor

John V. Pavlik, a professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, is the author of New Media and the Information Superhighway and other books.