Holcomb Hathaway, Pub.

Living journalism; principles & practices for an essential profession.

This is not a textbook on reporting quickly and accurately or organizing and writing news stories. Instead it focuses on the underlying principles, such as the development of a curious and skeptical mind, asking good questions, paying attention to details, and interacting with others in a respectful manner. Martin (journalism, U. of IL) also spent some time working as a journalist at the Roanoke Times from which he draws many of his stories and examples. Each chapter closes with a checklist and assignments for either action or contemplation. This title is also available as an ebook. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Online journalism; principles and practices of news for the web, 3d ed.

In this update of the 2009 and 2005 editions, Foust (Bowling Green State U.), who pioneered an online journalism class in 2000, explains to students familiar with traditional journalistic practices how to adapt them to disseminate news content on the Internet. Following an overview of how journalism is changing in response to online media, he covers the key technologies and multimedia content creation tools and processes involved, online reporting sources, and relevant legal and ethical issues. The text includes a new chapter on audience participation in online journalism, an appendix on cascading style sheet selectors, glossary, and companion website. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)