Writing and Editing for Digital Media

About this book

In this fifth edition Brian Carroll explores writing and editing for digital media with essential information about voice style media formats ideation story planning and storytelling. Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and combines hands-on practical exercises with new material on podcasting multi-modal storytelling misinformation and disinformation and writing specifically for social media. Each chapter features lessons and exercises through which students can build a solid understanding of the ways that digital communication provides opportunities for dynamic storytelling and multi-directional communication. Broadened in scope this new edition also speaks to writers editors public relations practitioners social media managers marketers as well as to students aspiring to these roles. Updated with contemporary examples and new pedagogy throughout this is the ideal handbook for students seeking careers in digital media particularly in content development and digital storytelling. It is an essential text for students of media communication public relations marketing and journalism who are looking to develop their writing and editing skills for these ever-evolving fields and professions. This book also has an accompanying eResource that provides additional weekly activities exercises and assignments that give students more opportunity to put theory into practice.