Journalism and Communication: Introduction

Book Winner of the 2017-2018 Park Writing Award 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.

Visual Ethics addresses the need for critical thinking and ethical behavior among professionals responsible for visual messages in photography and photojournalism, film, and digital media. From the author of Photojournalism: An Ethical Approach, published more than 20 years ago, this book goes beyond photojournalism ethics. It discusses crucial contemporary concerns, including persuasion, stereotyping, global perspectives, graphic design decisions, multimedia production, social media, and more. Written for an ever-growing discipline, author Paul Martin Lester gives serious ethical consideration to the complex field of visual communication.

Providing the best of practical tools, real-world examples and proven theories, PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING: STRATEGIES & STRUCTURES, 11th Edition, teaches you the essentials of writing with understanding and purpose. Extremely student friendly, it guides you step by step through a logical progression of PR writing, starting with the roles and responsibilities of the PR writer, followed by writing principles, preparing to write, writing for select audiences, and writing for crisis situations. It thoroughly explains the different styles and techniques behind writing principles. The Eleventh Edition also includes an entire chapter devoted to writing for social media.

Developed from the established traditions of print and radio journalism, television journalism has often failed to reach its potential to develop away from these other media. However, because of the synthesis of words, pictures, and sound, television journalism has the ability to shift from simply reporting the news to weaving stories. In Fascination, veteran television journalist Nancy Graham Holm incorporates years in the field and extensive teaching experience to produce an instructive and entertaining guide to all aspects of television journalism. With a dual focus on aesthetics and technique, this book instructs the reader on the best way to use visuals and sound, different reporting techniques, and appropriate behaviour for journalists. Each chapter benefits from real-world examples and helpful tips to guide the reader through each stage of television journalism. This book is an excellent guide for those wanting to start a career in television journalism as well as seasoned professionals wishing to gain a new perspective.