Flash Journalism: How to Create Multimedia News Packages
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0240806972 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 518 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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"If you are an online editor, photojournalist or journalist, this is a resource that will hone your skills in this increasingly important area of journalism." - Writing magazine
Her past jobs included content developer (Digital Ink/The Washington Post), Web strategist (American Press Institute), copy editor (The Washington Post and Time magazine), and producer (Prodigy Services Co.). She has co-authored The Internet Handbook for Writers, Researchers, and Journalists (2003) and has written several articles about teaching for the Online Journalism Review. Mindy McAdams is currently Professor and Knight Chair for Journalism at
This book will assist journalists and Flash developers who are working together to bring video, audio, still photos, and animated graphics together into one complete Web-based package.This book is not just another Flash book because it focuses on the need of journalists to tell an accurate story and provide accurate graphics. This book will illustrate how to animate graphics such as maps, illustrations, and diagrams using Flash. In addition, the book's six case studies will allow readers to study the characteristics of news packages created with Flash by journalists and Web developers at The Washington Post, MSNBC, and Canadian and European news organizations.. It will show journalists how to integrate high-quality photos and audio interviews into a complete news package for the Web.Each lesson in the book is followed by a learning summary so that journalists can review the skills they have acquired along the way
"85% of perfect" according to Robert Strong. Very clearly explained for people who have no experience in flash. However, it didn't get me all the way to where I wanted to be. I wanted to produce an audio slide show that featured a) faded transitions, b) synchronization to the audio track, c) seamless loading on the user's end, and d) dynamically loaded content for ease o. "Desperately needs updated" according to Jessica Mans. An excellent book, and truly one of a kind. But since Flash has become an Adobe product, released CSDesperately needs updated An excellent book, and truly one of a kind. But since Flash has become an Adobe product, released CS3 and CSDesperately needs updated Jessica Mans An excellent book, and truly one of a kind. But since Flash has become an Adobe product, released CS3 and CS4 and most importantly the transition from ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0, this book is in desperate need of a new edition.It presents tutorials in a way that are actually useful to journalists, rather than useless and overly c. and most importantly the transition from ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0, this book is in desperate need of a new edition.It presents tutorials in a way that are actually useful to journalists, rather than useless and overly c. and CSDesperately needs updated Jessica Mans An excellent book, and truly one of a kind. But since Flash has become an Adobe product, released CS3 and CS4 and most importantly the transition from ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0, this book is in desperate need of a new edition.It presents tutorials in a way that are actually useful to journalists, rather than useless and overly c. and most importantly the transition from ActionScript 2.0 to Desperately needs updated An excellent book, and truly one of a kind. But since Flash has become an Adobe product, released CS3 and CSDesperately needs updated Jessica Mans An excellent book, and truly one of a kind. But since Flash has become an Adobe product, released CS3 and CS4 and most importantly the transition from ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0, this book is in desperate need of a new edition.It presents tutorials in a way that are actually useful to journalists, rather than useless and overly c. and most importantly the transition from ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0, this book is in desperate need of a new edition.It presents tutorials in a way that are actually useful to journalists, rather than useless and overly c. .0, this book is in desperate need of a new edition.It presents tutorials in a way that are actually useful to journalists, rather than useless and overly c. An excellent book. Focused and complete. This book is excellent. It has a mission and it executes it well. Its mission is to teach people to use Flash to communicate their ideas through images, words, and if necessary, sound. The book is structured with an introduction to communicating effectively followed by 10 progressive lessons for using Flash to accomplish the s