By
Stephen Quinn, Stephen Quinn is associate professor of journalism in the Faculty of the Arts at Deakin University in Australia.
Stephen Lamble, Head of School of Communication, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast Australia
Description
Journalists used to rely on their notepad and pen. Today, professional journalists rely on the computer—and not just for the writing.
Much, if not all, of a journalist’s research happens on a computer.
If you are journalist of any kind, you need to know how to find
the information you need online. This book will show you how to find declassified governmental files, statistics of all kinds, simple
and complex search engines for small and large data gathering, and directories of subject experts. This book is for the many journalists
around the world who didn’t attend a formal journalism school before going to work, those journalists who were educated before online
research became mainstream, and for any student studying journalism today. It will teach you how to use the Internet wisely, efficiently
and comprehensively so that you will always have your facts straight and fast.
Online Newsgathering:
• reflects the most current
thinking
• is pertinent to both industry and education
• focuses on what people need to know
Please visit the authors' companion
website at http://computerassistedreporting.com for additional resources.
Audience:
This book is for broadcast, print and multimedia journalists who do computer-assisted reporting; that is, journalists who use a computer as an information-gathering reporting and writing tool.
