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By: Stephen QuinnImprint: Focal Press
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If you are an editor or newsroom manager seeking new and more efficient ways of managing the ever increasing flow of information through your newsroom, this book will provide the information you need to make informed decisions about crucial organisational and equipment changes.
Case studies from newsrooms worldwide are used to present an overview of the information management tools and processes that are available to help journalists and media executives deal with information. Answers are suggested for some of the most pressing issues, including:
What are the factors driving change in newsrooms?
How are news organizations around the world re-organising their newsrooms to deal with information in new ways?
How are the opposing needs to cut costs and yet maintain journalistic quality being met?
What digital tools are currently available, e.g. for computer-assisted reporting?
How can reporters become more mobile?
How can trainee journalists be better prepared for operating within the changing newsroom environment?
Each chapter is supplemented by a 'how to learn more' section, suggesting further resources for tackling each issue.
Whether you are planning major change in your newsroom or simply wish to keep up with the latest industry trends, this is the book you have been waiting for.
Gain an overview of the impact of new technology in modern newsrooms
Learn how to manage information more effectively
Understand what new skills are being required of journalists
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| Title of eBook: Knowledge Management in the Digital Newsroom | |
| Release Date: 03-20-2002 | |
| Publisher: Focal Press |
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Knowledge Management in the Digital Newsroom
Chapter One
Knowledge management and journalism
Executive summary
This book proceeds from the idea that journalists and editorial executives need to work smarter in the information age. Productivity and success will come more from intangibles such as knowledge management rather than from doing the same things over and over again, such as looking for more ways to cut costs. Knowledge management is one of the key tools of the information age. This chapter looks first at the big picture, presenting the drivers that are producing massive change all over the world. It then defines knowledge in relation to the tools journalists have previously used – data and information. And then it considers the possible scenarios that will lead to change in the newsroom. All of this is coming about because consumers expect news to be available in a variety of forms to suit their lifestyles. News organizations must consequently learn to accommodate their customers. In this book, each summary lists the sections of that chapter in the order they are covered so that busy people can go directly to the relevant section. Topics covered in this chapter include:
information a glut product
from information scarcity to surplus
declines in circulation
technology a powerful driver social and economic causes of change
the role of media giants
changes in consumer attitudes
managing knowledge in the newsroom
new skills for the knowledge age
new approaches for a new age.
Data and information are the raw materials of journalism. Good journalism attracts audie
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