Blogs Posts in Fields in Journalism category; 405 blog posts

What is Technical Editing?

Technical editing is to review the text written on a technical topic, and to identify the errors related to the use of language in general or adherence to a specific style guide. After the technical editing the document has the clearance th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 2007 | Comments : 0

Beats of reporting

Beats are rare in the smallest newsrooms, where every reporter is expected to cover every kind of story. But in larger news organizations, print and broadcast, journalists may have the opportunity to focus on a particular type of news. So [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2007 | Comments : 0

New Games Journalism

New Games Journalism (NGJ) is a video game journalism term, coined in 2004 by journalist Kieron Gillen, in which personal anecdotes, references to other media, and creative analyses are used to explore game design, play, and culture.[13] It [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2007 | Comments : 0

Media and games journalism

The traditional video games press has perhaps suffered the most at the hands of New Media. Gaming is a technologically-oriented past-time, and a large proportion of gamers - defined here as those with enough interest to consider purchasing [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2007 | Comments : 0

Video game journalism

Video game journalism is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of video games. It is typically based on a core reveal/preview/review cycle. There has been a recent growth in online publications and blogs, and st [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2007 | Comments : 0

Yellow journalism

Yellow journalism is a pejorative reference to journalism that features scandal-mongering, sensationalism, jingoism or other unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists. The term originated d [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2007 | Comments : 0

Business journalism

Business journalism includes coverage of companies, the workplace, personal finance, and economics, including unemployment and other economic indicators. Business coverage gained prominence in the 1990s, with wider investment in the stock [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2007 | Comments : 0

Fashion journalism

Fashion journalism is an umbrella term used to describe all aspects of published fashion media. Sometimes referred to as fashion writers, fashion critics or fashion reporters. The most obvious examples of fashion journalism are the fashion [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2007 | Comments : 0

Visual journalism

Visual journalism is not a series of symbols with precise meanings but rather images that suggest complex meanings and, in the Egyptian tradition of the cartouche, contain words. The symbols do not simply represent but participate in the me [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Technical editing

Technical editing involves reviewing text written on a technical topic, and identifying errors related to the use of language in general or adherence to a specific style guide. This activity ensures that documentation is of good quality. I [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Editing in Scholarly books and journals

Editors of scholarly books and journals are of three types, each with particular responsibilites: the acquisitions editor, who contracts with the author to produce the copy, the project editor, who sees the copy through its stages from manu [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Literary journalism

It is also known as Creative nonfiction and narrative journalism, which uses literary skills in the writing of nonfiction. A work of creative nonfiction, if well written, contains accurate and well-researched information and also hold [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Editing in Newspapers

Editors at newspapers supervise journalists and improve their work. Newspaper editing encompasses a variety of titles and functions. These include: • Copy editors • Department editors • Managing editor [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Executive editor

The top editor sometimes has the title executive editor or editor-in-chief (the former is replacing the latter in the language). This person is generally responsible for the content of the publication. The exception is that newspapers that [...]