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Successful Strategies for Computer-assisted Reporting (Paperback)
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Successful Strategies for Computer-assisted Reporting (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Communication Series
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Computers have changed the landscape of both gathering and
disseminating information throughout the world. As journalists
quickly move toward the 21st century and perhaps, a new era of
electronic journalism, resources are needed to understand the
newest and most successful computer-based news reporting
strategies. Written to serve that purpose, this book is designed to
show both professional journalists and students which of the newest
personal computing tools are being used by the nation's leading
news organizations and top individual journalists. It further
describes how these resources are being used on a daily basis and
for special projects.
In recent years, computers have taken on new and dominating roles
in the process of news analysis, newsgathering, and news
processing. Today's forward-thinking journalists often seek
guidance over what they can do to strengthen their ability to be
society's information processors and managers. This volume focuses
upon how successful journalists are using computers through a major
national computer-assisted reporting (CAR) study of daily
newspapers. The study included two national surveys and a series of
personal interviews with many of the nation's leading CAR
specialists. Several current examples of stories used for
successful database- and online-oriented news assignments are
provided as part of a series of case studies incorporated
throughout the book. The additional depth of description and the
presentation of portions of stories themselves should help readers
to understand the complete process involving CAR-oriented
journalism.
Substantial analytical detail is used to discuss the extent of
computer use in newsrooms, computer training, CAR projects, CAR in
daily reporting, hardware and software most commonly used, levels
and types of online services used in news research, and portable
hardware and software. The book concludes with the author's
assessment of the effects and impact of personal computing in the
newsroom and the future of personal computer applications in
newsgathering. Explaining and defining advanced applications or
terminology for readers, the approach to the book assumes a minimal
familiarity with computers, but no advanced knowledge of computer
operation.
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