Includes bibliography and index

Contents: Basics of multimedia technology:fundamentals of multimedia;networked multimedia application;multicasting; advanced multimedia systems -- logic of multimedia journalism -- organisational and technological perspective; producer/user perspective;multimedia journalism and education -- Interactive features of multimedia news packages -- Computer-assisted reporting reporting -- Development of computer-assisted reporting;tips for better computer-assisted reporting -- Quality criteria for multimedia storytelling -- Information design; storyboarding; user guidance; formulation of navigation points;external links; audio and video elements; journalistic competencies -- Virtual video editing -- Analog video editing;interactive tools and applications; interactive video editing; Quantitative and qualitative video analysis; multimedia communication system -- Mobile nonlinear news editing -- Newsroom connectivity; integration of newsroom; facilities in the field; remote connectivity; important equipment -- Changing trends in online journalism -- significance of online journalism;buzzwords of online journalism;changing models of online news; literary journalism on the web -- Converged newsroom practices -- Normative aspects of converged newsroom;media convergence and quality of journalism -- Power of weblog journalism -- Structure of blogosphere;democratic nature of weblogs;skewed distribution in politics;mediasphere and the blogosphere -- Online games as news delivery systems -- Appropriateness of games;multimedia journalism and games; Production problems; Role of the journalists;future of news-game journalism -- Emergence of participatory journalism -- Modern trends in advertising; professional identity in journalism;participatory storytelling -- Ethical issues in multimedia journalism -- Digital technologies and challenge of journalists: multimedia journalism ethics -- terrorism and web journalism;future challenges of modern journalism;ethical guidelines for digital journalists