Online Journalism: Reporting, Writing, and Editing for New Media

Learn to report, write, and edit for online media with ONLINE JOURNALISM with InfoTrac?! Created specifically with the Internet in mind, this communication text will help you explore the writing opportunities associated with online media. Interviews with online professionals are included throughout the text to give you an idea of exactly what the job of the online journalist entails. A comprehensive Web site helps keep the book up to date and provides additional material, including sound clips of some of the book's interviewees.

Richard Craig is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State University. He received his Ph.D. in Communications from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois. Before entering academia, he spent six years as a reporter and editor for newspapers in California and Illinois. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Miami Herald, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Philadelphia Daily News and many other publications. He also has designed many Web sites and portals for university departments, student newspapers and campus organizations.

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