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Like the technologies that support it, the craft of online journalism is evolving quickly. This timely book helps students develop standards of excellence, through interviews with more than 30 writers, editors and producers, and dozens of examples of strong work. The author provides a framework of concepts to show how the field is evolving and challenged by competition, staffing limitations, and other pressures. Discussion is organized around four key elements: speed and accuracy with depth in breaking news; comprehensiveness in multimedia content; open-endedness in story development, including public contributions; and conversation with users. Chapter-length treatments of these topics bring home the realities of online work to students, who also come to appreciate how excellence and ethics online go hand in hand.

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• Preface(p. ix)
• Acknowledgments(p. xi)
• Introduction(p. 1)
• Chapter 1 Excellence Online: A Work in Progress(p. 5)
• Excellence in Old and New Media(p. 6)
• Excellence Online: Four Developing Standards(p. 7)
• Speed and Accuracy with Depth in Breaking News: Chapter 3(p. 9)
• Comprehensiveness in Content: Chapter 4(p. 9)
• Open-Endedness in Story Development: Chapter 5(p. 10)
• The Centrality of Conversation: Chapter 6(p. 11)
• Chapter 2 An Ethical Lens for Looking at Excellence(p. 13)
• A Practice: The Social Context(p. 15)
• Telos: The Big-Picture Goal(p. 16)
• Internal Goods: Distinctive Achievements of the Practice(p. 18)
• Standards of Excellence: Setting the Bar for the Field(p. 19)
• Virtues: The Qualities of Good Character(p. 21)
• External Goods and Institutions: Danger Lurking(p. 21)
• Chapter 3 Speed and Accuracy With Depth in Breaking News(p. 25)
• The Battle to Be Fast and Right: An Old Challenge with New Pressures(p. 26)
• Insights From Online Journalists: Giving Voice to a Standard(p. 31)
• Breaking News Through an Ethical Lens(p. 33)
• Online Excellence in Development: The Hudson River Jet Landing(p. 35)
• Challenges to Maintaining and Enhancing Excellence(p. 38)
• Time Pressures and Competition(p. 38)
• Staffing Limitations and a ôFire Hoseö of Content(p. 45)
• Overcoming the Challenges: Virtues in Action(p. 48)
• On-the-Job Profile: Mark Stevenson Facing the Daily Challenges(p. 50)
• Chapter 4 Comprehensiveness in Content(p. 55)
• Insights From Online Journalists: What Comprehensiveness Means(p. 57)
• Overarching Elements(p. 58)
• Strengths of Forms(p. 64)
• Comprehensiveness Through an Ethical Lens(p. 76)
• Challenges to Comprehensiveness(p. 77)
• Time and Staffing Pressures(p. 78)
• Nature of the Medium(p. 79)
• Overcoming the Challenges: Virtues in Action(p. 80)
• On-the-Job Profile: Jenni Pinkley Facing the Daily Challenges(p. 82)
• Chapter 5 Open-Endedness in Story Development(p. 89)
• Excellence in Story Development Online(p. 90)
• Multiple Stages in Line With Life Span(p. 91)
• Public Contributions Are Integral(p. 93)
• Critical Eye, Respect for the Public(p. 97)
• The Dynamic of Excellence(p. 104)
• Challenges to Excellence in Story Development: External Goods Lurking(p. 107)
• Attitude Check: Virtues for 21st-century Journalists(p. 108)
• On-the-Job Profile: Robert Quigley Facing the Daily Challenges(p. 109)
• Chapter 6 The Centrality of Conversation(p. 117)
• A Longtime Value Takes Center Stage(p. 118)
• Standards of Excellence in Online Conversation(p. 121)
• Blogs(p. 122)
• Discussion Forums(p. 128)
• Social Media(p. 131)
• The Dynamic of Excellence in Conversation(p. 132)
• Now for the Challenges: Stumbling Blocks in the ôConversational Commonsö(p. 134)
• Virtue and Conversation(p. 137)
• On-the-Job Profile: Eric Zorn Facing the Daily Challenges(p. 138)
• Chapter 7 Beyond the Big Guys: Independent and Community Journalism Online(p. 143)
• Perspectives From Three Smaller Organizations(p. 145)
• Roanoke.com(p. 145)
• QuincyNews.org(p. 149)
• West Seattle Blog(p. 152)
• The Smaller Organizations in Perspective(p. 159)
• Citizen Journalism, Social Media, and Journalism as a Practice(p. 160)
• The Role of Professional Journalists Versus Citizens(p. 160)
• The Role of Cooperative Activity(p. 162)
• The Purpose of the Site(p. 163)
• Chapter 8 The Future of Excellence in Online Journalism: Living in the World of Both-And(p. 167)
• The World of Both-And(p. 168)
• A Critical Journalistic Eye and Respect for Citizen Contributions(p. 169)
• Complex and Simple Communication Forms on Big and Small Devices(p. 170)
• Big and Small Organizations as Places Where Excellent Work Develops(p. 171)
• For-Profit and Nonprofit Business Models(p. 172)
• What It Takes to Work in the World of Both-And(p. 172)
• Index(p. 175)
• About the Author(p. 179)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

David A. Craig is an associate professor and associate dean for academic affairs in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. He teaches journalism ethics, editing and graduate research courses. His research interests include excellence in journalistic practice, the ethics of journalistic language, coverage of ethics in professions and values for ethical decision-making. Craig worked for nine years as a news copy editor. He earned an M.A. in communication from Wheaton College and a Ph.D. in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He taught editing courses at Northwestern University and Missouri. He has been a professor at Oklahoma since 1996.