Changing Models for Journalism

Exploring the deep transformation that journalism has undergone in the last decade, this book provides students with the background on the demise of traditional media in the US, and the changes happening in the digital newsrooms.

Autorentext

Brant Houston is a Professor and the Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting at the University of Illinois, where he teaches investigative and data journalism. An award-winning journalist for over 40 years, he was a reporter at U.S. newspapers for 17 years and has been an editor of investigative stories for digital newsrooms since. Houston has conducted more than 400 seminars for professional journalists and students in 30 countries, and he is a co-founder of networks of nonprofit newsrooms and educators throughout the world.

Inhalt

1. What happened to traditional journalism 2. New ways emerge: Blogs, digital start-ups, and the rise of nonprofit newsrooms 3. Owners and Investors 4. Revenue Streams 5. Advances in digital tools and innovation for news 6. Universities increasing role in journalism 7. Public media, collaborations, and digital start-ups 8. Activists, Advocates and Solutions 9. Maintaining journalism standards and new ethical challenges and perils