The online journalism handbook : skills to survive and thrive in the digital age / Paul Bradshaw.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Online Journalism Handbook has quickly established itself as the best guide to the fast moving world of digital journalism, illuminating the many opportunities offered to journalists through new technologies. In this new edition, Paul Bradshaw presents an engaging mix of technological know-how with real world pratical guidance to illustrate how those training and working as journalists can improve the researching, writing and reach of their story through web based techonologies. The new edition is throughly revised and updated, featuring: * new chapters on Twitter and community management * a fully updated chapter on digital law in relation to online journalism, exploring the impact of the Leveson ruling * new sections exploring hyperlocal news, mobile journalism, liveblogging, and newsgathering * an expansion of the section on analytics * a completely rewritten new chapter on data journalism (with the previous version of this chapter now available under Creative Commons allowing free download, and sharing, and the ability of add new content) * a more dynamic web presence, featuring useful extra resources. The Online Journalism Handbook is essential reading for all journalism students and professionals and of key interest to new and digital media pratictioners."