What's Next in Journalism?:
new-media entrepreneurs tell their stories
Edited by Margaret Simons
What's Next in Journalism?:
new-media entrepreneurs tell their stories
Edited by Margaret Simons
Overview
For the first time in human history, most people in developed countries are able to publish their news and thoughts to the world within a few minutes of deciding to do so. Meanwhile, the big industrial-scale media organisations are in decline, and at the same time there is a new blog, website, or social-media presence almost every hour.
This book takes the temperature of this emerging sector of news media, with a collection of contributions by new-media entrepreneurs from a variety of backgrounds — journalism, IT innovation, social activism, and community work. They talk about connecting with their audiences, and what just might be a new kind of news ecosystem in which everyone gets to play.
What’s Next in Journalism? is edited by journalist and media commentator Margaret Simons, who has also written the introduction. The contributors include Tim Burrowes (from Mumbrella), Eyal Halamish (OurSay), Wendy Harmer (The Hoopla), Matthew Landauer (OpenAustralia), Renai LeMay (Delimiter), Giles Parkinson (RenewEconomy), Karen Poh (Meld Magazine), Melissa Sweet (Croakey), and Chris Were (Newsflock).
Details
- Format
- Size
- Extent
- ISBN
- RRP
- Pub date
- Paperback
- 5.31in x 8.27in
- 144 pages
- 9781922070531
- USD$13.95
- 30 September 2013
About the Editor
Margaret Simons is an award-winning freelance journalist and author, and a journalism academic at the University of Melbourne. She has published thirteen books, including biographies of the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, and Malcolm Fraser: the political memoirs, which won book of the year and best nonfiction book at the 2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. In the past, Simons has worked for The Age and The Australian newspapers. As a freelancer, she has had work published in dozens of magazines and newspapers in Australia and overseas.
