Technical Journalism

Abstract: The history of journalism in elective democracies around the world has been described as the emergence of a professional identity of journalists with claims to an exclusive role and status in society, based on and at times fiercely defended by their occupational ideology. Although the conceptualization of journalism as a professional ideology can be traced throughout the literature on journalism studies, scholars tend to take the building blocks of such an ideology more or less for granted. In this article the ideal-typical values of journalism’s ideology are operationalized and investigated in terms of how these values are challenged or changed in the context of current cultural and technological developments. It is argued that multiculturalism and multimedia are similar and poignant examples of such developments. If the professional identity of journalists can be seen as kept together by the social cement of an occupational ideology of journalism, the analysis in this article shows how journalism in the...

Abstract: "We the Media, has become something of a bible for those who believe the online medium will change journalism for the better." - "Financial Times". Big Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the Internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists are taking the news into their own hands. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras, these readers-turned-reporters are transforming the news from a lecture into a conversation. In "We the Media", nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make - and consume - the news. Gillmor shows how anyone can produce the news, using personal blogs, Internet chat groups, email, and a host of other tools. He sends a wake-up call to newsmakers - politicians, business executives, celebrities - and the marketers and PR flacks who promote them. He explains how to successfully play by the rules of this new era and shift from "control" to "engagement." And, he makes a strong case to his fell journalists that, in the face of a plethora of Internet-fueled news vehicles, they must change or become irrelevant. Journalism in the 21st century will be fundamentally different from the Big Media oligarchy that prevails today. "We the Media" casts light on the future of journalism, and invites us all to be part of it. Dan Gillmor is founder of Grassroots Media Inc., a project aimed at enabling grassroots journalism and expanding its reach. The company's first launch is Bayosphere.com, a site "of, by, and for the San Francisco Bay Area." From 1994-2004, Gillmor was a columnist at the "San Jose Mercury News", Silicon Valley's daily newspaper, and wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com. He joined the "Mercury News" after six years with the Detroit Free Press. Before that, he was with the "Kansas City Times" and several newspapers in Vermont. He has won or shared in several regional and national journalism awards. Before becoming a journalist, he played music professionally for seven years.

Abstract: The Sociology of News reviews and synthesizes not only what is happening to journalism but also what is happening to the scholarly understanding of journalism. In the Second Edition, each chapter of the book has been updated to account for the radical changes that have reshaped the news industry over the last decade. With a new chapter on the sharp contraction of the news business in the United States since 2007, The Sociology of News examines journalism as a social institution and analyzes the variety of forces and factors-economic, technological, political, cultural, organizational-that shape the news media today.

Abstract: Foreword by Seymour Topping 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 Afterword. Contextualized Journalism: Implications for the Evolving Role of Journalists in the Twenty-first Century