Journalists release book on new media
A book on online
and multimedia journalism titled ‘Secrets of Online and Multimedia
Journalism: A Manual for Online and Multimedia Journalism Practice in
Africa’ is out.
Written by Mudathir
Ganiyu, a former editor of the Nigerian Tribune and two-time head,
Department of Mass Communication, Lagos State Polytechnic and Qasim
Akinreti, deputy online editor, Voice of Nigeria, the book is published
by Emgee Publishing Limited.
A release from the
publisher disclosed that the book, “a compendium on new media, and what
it entails to be a journalist in the 21st century,” will be launched in
the last week of February 2011.The book consisting of 16 chapters
treats different topics that includes; developing and running a
website, blogging, using social media for journalism and using mobile
phone for journalism.
Other issues
examined in ‘Secrets of Online and Multimedia Journalism: A Manual for
Online and Multimedia Journalism Practice in Africa’ are regulatory
issues in the age of digital media and other topics relating to online
journalism practice.
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