A Journalist's Guide to the Internet: The Net as a Reporting Tool (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 0205350984 / Publisher: Pearson, June 2002
Callahan's (U. of Maryland) text provides college journalism students and professional reporters and editors with a step-by-step guide to using the Internet accurately and efficiently to improve the quality of their journalism. The second edition contains new information on the proliferation of rumors and misinformation on the Internet and a listing of 100 of the most important current websites for journalists. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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A Journalist's Guide to the Internet is a practical, hands-on guide for students and professional journalists alike to learn how to use the Internet more efficiently and effectively in their daily reporting. The number of global Internet users has more than tripled since this text's first publication and, not surprisingly, Internet access in the newsroom is more common today than it was even a few years ago. This extraordinary growth has not fundamentally changed the Internet's extraordinary possibilities and pitfalls. Rather, it has exacerbated both, making the Net more useful–and at the same time more dangerous–to journalists. This book looks at the Internet from a journalistic perspective: How best can reporters and editors, facing tight and unbending deadlines, use this technology accurately and efficiently to improve the quality of their journalism?
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