Mobile-First Journalism: Producing News for Social and Interactive Media
By Steve Hill & Paul Bradshaw – Published September 2018
Introduction:
Mobile and social media journalism – past, present and future
1 Understanding the user
Introduction
The relationship business
What is social media?
Status in the community
Isn’t all news social?
Smartphone addiction
Mobile and social media – two sides of the same coin
Personalised, portable, social and always on
Mapping the mobile and social media landscape
Mobile wars
Technology and identity
Conclusion
Further reading
2 The MoJo skillset
Introduction
Taking a mobile-first approach
So what is mobile journalism (MoJo)?
The role of the mobile editor
The role of the social media editor
Approaches to publishing on mobile
Top social networks for news
Journalism and social media – best of frenemies?
Predicting the future
Conclusion
Expert interview – Dina Rickman
Further reading
3 Fake news and trolling
Introduction.
What is fake news?
Hyperpartisan news
Causes of fake news
Filter bubbles and virtue signalling
Information segregation
Trust in journalism
Freedom of expression
False balance
Independence
Taking on the trolls
Solutions
Conclusion
Expert interview – Aidan White
Further reading
4 Finding the story: verifying the news
Introduction
Journalism as verification
Scepticism and cynicism
Verification in practice
Verifying human sources of information
Verifying websites and search results
The dark web
Verification of social media
Verifying images and video
Verifying places
Verification for reporters at the scene
Shades of grey – verification case studies
Coping with trauma
Live blogs
Conclusion
Expert interview – Matt Cooke
Further reading
5 The art of storytelling
Introduction
Choosing the most appropriate ways to tell the story
Raw versus packaged news
Breaking news: live blogging and live tweeting
Curation and aggregation
Packaged journalism
Telling stories with data
Horizontal storytelling and the ‘Stories’ format
Conclusion
Further reading
6 Visual journalism, video and audio
Introduction
Still images
Meme journalism
GIFs and emojis
Telling stories with video and audio
Audio for mobile
Immersive visual journalism: 360, AR and VR
Risk assessments and legal issues
Conclusion
Further reading
7 Publishing directly to social media
Introduction
Distributed content: from social-first to social-only
Key challenges in creating content for many platforms
Risks
Platforms and media publishers – best of frenemies?
Social media sites examined
Media metrics in detail
Monetisation
Making editorial decisions based on data versus traditional news values
Platform analytics tools and dashboards
Tracking audience sentiment: trends tools
Publishing using Facebook Instant Articles
Conclusion
Further reading
8 Publishing news to the Web
Introduction
UX design
Apple versus Google
UX design – case studies
The psychology of the user
Design mistakes
The mobile UX is different
Responsive design
Coding for journalists
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Speed as a UX issue
Conclusion
Further reading
9 Building news apps
Introduction
The entrepreneurial journalist
News apps
App users
Development
Design, coding and testing
Embedding social media
App stores
Revenue
Ethical issue
Digital editions
News aggregators
Apps for wearables
Conclusion
Expert interview – Matthias Guenther
Further reading
Index
