The Art of Editing in the Age of Convergence

by Brian S. Brooks, James L. Pinson

The Art of Editing in the Age of Convergence remains the most comprehensive and widely used text on editing in journalism. This latest edition continues to shift the focus toward online multimedia as more and more people get their news that way. Amid these changes, the authors continue to stress the importance of taking the best techniques learned in print and broadcast editing and applying them to online journalism. The reality is that most people now often first learn of breaking news on Facebook or Twitter, and therefore the challenge for journalists in this new media world is distinguishing the quality and dependability of their work from all the fake news and propaganda memes, now so common online. This book is designed to help serious news providers produce a product that is well-edited and grounded in the best practices of journalism.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Journalism

410 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 1997

Reviews

[Kayleigh · Rating 2 out of 5]

I used this to teach an editing class upon recommendation from a professor who had taught it in the past. In terms of context and theories, it has interesting points to hit. But a textbook about editing that is so poorly edited is just disappointing and embarrassing. Even my students would call it out in class, and I said to them plain and simple: "Do as they say, not as they do." Reached out to the publisher about some of it with no response.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for school

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is really geared toward journalism students from 15 years ago who want to go into the newspaper business. The subtitle ("In the Age of Convergence") implies that there is some digging in to what it means to publish on the web, but there's no timely, specific detail here. you can lear what a "browser" is and also learn other terms that never caught on such as "linkmeister" (?!?!), but when a book describes America Online as the portal to the Internet for millions of Americans, and mentions the Gulf War but not the Iraq War, you have to wonder if they really updated much for the 2005 edition. If so, it wasn't "edited" very well.

I was hoping for information about magazine editing and web publishing, but there is very little of that in this book compared with traditional newspaper stuff. The nuts-and-bolts grammar stuff might be useful for students, but there are better books out there for that. Where is the true editing text for the 21st century?

[M]

Excellent book for writers.

[Lee Stoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful textbook and reference.