News Now: Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age
About this ebook
- Dynamic, colorful design Reflecting the highly visual approach to storytelling of today’s broadcast media, the design of News Now helps students quickly find the information they need — and presents that information with the clarity and visual flair of today’s best multimedia journalism. A substantial art program, numerous video stills, and examples of stellar photojournalism demonstrate the importance of imagery to telling a coherent and captivating story.
- Voices from the Newsroom These boxesshowcase the experiences, stories, and advice of an extraordinary array of journalists from various media in newsrooms around the country and around the world. Most of these successful working journalists are former students of the Cronkite School or colleagues of the author team, further underscoring the professionalism and expertise of News Now as a resource not just for students but for working journalists.
- What Would You Do? This boxed feature presents students with a practical or ethical situation they might encounter while working a story, and asks them to think through how they might respond based on what they’ve learned in the chapter.
- Time Saver and Rule of Thumb Brief boxes that offer quick, highly practical tips for immediately applying a larger concept or strategy.
- Timeline A two-page visual timeline highlights key developments in the history of broadcast journalism, allowing students to situate its emergence and growth within a larger social, cultural, and political context.
- Side by Side This boxed feature uses two images of a similar scene or story to encourage critical thinking about how visuals can be used — or misused — in the service of journalism.
- Pitfalls Using real-life stories to offer cautions to young journalists about how to proceed in difficult situations, these boxes offer additional context and support for making difficult decisions in the newsroom and on the beat.
- Career guidance that matters Part 4, “Your Career,” offers expert strategies and advice from authors who have launched the careers of hundreds of successful professional broadcast journalists.
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About the author
In 2010 the Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication finished first in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards. Three of the authors of News Now are all full-time faculty members at the Cronkite School, and all have extensive media experience:
B. William Silcock is an associate professor of broadcast journalism and twice was selected as a Fulbright Scholar. He has pioneered research on global television news culture. His work is published in Journalism Quarterly, the field's most prestigious research journal, and in Journalism Studies, The Journal of Mass Media Ethics and the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
Mark Lodato is the assistant dean and news director at the Cronkite School. As assistant dean, he supervises the television and radio curriculum, including students participating in the Cronkite NewsWatch, a national award-winning television newscast. The live production is broadcast four times each week across Arizona via PBS. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students cover top stories in the Phoenix area and across the state. While expanding NewsWatch in English and in Spanish, Lodato has launched new partnerships with NBC, Univision, MSNBC and Fox Sports Arizona.
Carol Schwalbe is an associate professor at the University of Arizona,where she teaches magazine writing and online media. While at the Cronkite School, her class produces the award-winning Cronkite Zine http://cronkitczine.asu.edu, showcasing the work of Cronkite students. Her own websites have won Best of Competition and an Award of Excellence from the Broadcast Education Association, as well as several Best of the Web design competitions from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Susan Green is the broadcast director of the Cronkite News Service at the Cronkite School. She came to ASU in August 2006 from KNXV-TV, where she served as managing editor at the ABC affiliate. In her 21 years as a broadcast professional, Green held positions at stations in Phoenix, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and New York City.
Green also serves as assistant news directorof News Watch, the Cronkite School's award-winning, student-produced newscast. In that role, Green helped the program expand from once a week to four times a week.
