Beat reporting and editing : journalism in the digital age / edited by Surbhi Dahiya and Shambhu Sahu.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Bill Hinchberger -- Foreword / by Devesh Kishore -- Fundamentals of reporting / by Surbhi Dahiya and Shambhu Sahu -- Types of reporting / by Chandrani Banerjee -- News sources and art of gathering / by V. S. Chandrasekar -- Understanding beats / by Prabhjot Paul Singh -- Crime reporting / by Jupinderjit Singh -- Government and political reporting / by Pramod Kumar Singh -- Parliamentary reporting / by Ashok Tuteja -- Legislative reporting / by Kanchan Vasdev -- Legal and court reporting / by J. Venkatesan -- Defence reporting / by Ajay Banerjee -- Internal security reporting / by Namrata Biji Ahuja -- International affairs reporting / by Smita Sharma -- Conflict and war reporting / by Rohit Gandhi -- Economy and finance reporting / by Manoj Kumar -- Business reporting / by Shishir Sinha -- Health reporting / by Aarti Dhar -- Education reporting / by Urmi A. Goswami -- Sports Reporting / by Kulveen Trehan -- Science and technology reporting / by Manoj Kumar Patairiya -- Nuclear and space reporting / by Pallava Bagla -- Environment reporting / by Vibha Sharma -- Civil administration, city and mofussil reporting / by Rajeev Khanna -- Development reporting / by Ankuran Dutta -- Gender, women and child reporting / by Rinku Paul -- Rural and agriculture reporting / by Mayank Bhardwaj -- Disaster reporting / by Vijay S. Satokar -- Arts and culture reporting / by Tanvi Akhauri -- Fashion, lifestyle and entertainment reporting / by Sreemoyee Kundu -- Railways and roadways reporting / by Arun Kumar Das -- Civil aviation reporting / by Vinay Kumar -- Automobile reporting / by Vikrant Singh -- Travel and food reporting / by Parul Mehra -- Data journalism / by Uma Shankar Pandey -- Data visualization / by Geeta Kashyap -- Emerging technologies / by Rohit Gandhi -- Drone journalism / by MJA Vinod and Varsha Kukreti -- Social media reporting / by Sangeeta Pranvendra -- Photojournalism, storytelling and cartooning / by Tabeenah Anjum Qureshi and Mrinal Kumar Chatterjee -- Writing editorials / by Sanjay Kapoor -- Writing for op-ed page and letters to the editor / by Martand Jha -- Writing special articles and middles / by Ujjwala Sunil Barve and Jupinderjit Singh -- Writing features / by Vichitra Sharma -- Writing for supplements / by Pooja Rana -- Writing reviews / by Bhawana Somaaya -- Misinformation, fake news and data verification / by Umesh Arya -- Ethics in reporting / by Sambit Pal -- Solution-based journalism / by Pramod Kumar -- Editing concepts and processes / by Marydasan John.

"Beat Reporting and Editing: Journalism in the Digital Age offers an extensive and pioneering study of reporting for all the news beats, and news writing and editing. Besides having exclusive chapters on rural reporting, storytelling, photojournalism and cartooning, social media reporting, misinformation and fake news, and solution-based journalism, this coedited forty-eight-chapter textbook is an exhaustive resource filled with insights on traditional beats like defence, politics, court, crime, sports and entertainment. It covers all the emerging forms of journalism such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and bots, podcast, mobile journalism (MOJO), drone journalism (DOJO) and data journalism in India. The book is structured to guide the students and teachers on the techniques of reporting on specific beats in the digital environment, role of AI and digital technologies in newsgathering and reportage as well as issues of identity, data, research and analysis in new-age journalism. Drawing on an enormous range of examples, case studies and first-hand experiences of eminent journalists and media educators, it encourages students to critically engage with all forms of journalistic writing in the digital era. Key Features First-of-its-kind textbook to include extensive coverage of reporting, with special focus on beat reporting Not only limited to print media but also covers broadcast journalism as well as digital media Contains chapters by highly experienced journalists who have worked in their specific beats for decades, and academicians teaching the subject in the classroom One of the most future-ready textbooks on journalism featuring a whole section on innovations and emerging technologies in journalism"--