| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 196 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Knowledge Managementin the Digital Newsroom -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Knowledge management and journalism -- 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 -- 2. The re-defined newsroom -- Attitude: changing newsroom mindsets. |
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Links between technology and mindsetBlending competition and co-operation -- Physical: moving the furniture around -- Technical change: acceptance of technology -- From a production to an information base -- 3. The coming of convergence journalism -- Factors influencing multiple-journalism -- America's first convergence company -- Multiple-journalism elsewhere in the USA -- Convergence in Hong Kong and Singapore -- Changes in Australian newsrooms -- Multi-media television coverage -- Opposing views of multiple-journalism -- 4. Intranets and knowledge management -- What is an intranet. |
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Intranets and collaborationIntranets: catalysts for change -- A single source of information -- Intranets for research -- Cheaper to distribute electronic documents -- Intranets save time through convenience -- Intranets boost morale -- Anticipating potential problems -- 5. New tools for journalists -- Analysing successful data managers -- The Advanced Journalist Technology Project -- Newsplex: the newsroom of the future -- Computer-assisted reporting -- Geographical information systems -- Databases for information management -- Extensible markup language -- XML enables convergence journalism. |
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6. Mobile journalismMobile telephone generations -- Main transmission technologies -- Wireless application protocol -- DoCoMo's i-mode -- Open versus closed standards -- Enabling the virtual newsroom -- The virtual newsroom in practice -- Unique issues for mobile reporting -- Developing wireless content -- The future is still unfolding -- 7. How to involve and evolve the newsroom -- Danger: speed can trap the unwary -- Vital to invest in training -- Universities' role in the future -- The ideal journalism recruit -- A knowledge-based daily: Maeil Business Newspaper -- Putting it all together. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Electronic news gathering.
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Knowledge management.
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News agencies.
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Knowledge Management |
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Journalisme électronique. |
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Gestion des connaissances. |
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Agences de presse. |
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Electronic news gathering |
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Knowledge management |
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News agencies |
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Informatiemanagement. |
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Journalistiek. |
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Informatiebronnen. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Quinn, Stephen. Knowledge management in the digital newsroom. Oxford : Focal Press, 2002 024051677X 9780240516776 (OCoLC)49995864 |
| ISBN |
9781429483308 (electronic bk.) |
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142948330X (electronic bk.) |
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9781136028892 |
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1136028897 |
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