Lawrie Zion is an Associate Professor of Journalism at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and editor-in-chief of upstart magazine. He has worked as a broadcaster with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and as a film journalist for a range of print publications. He wrote and researched the 2007 documentary The Sounds of Aus, which tells the story of the Australian accent. David Craig is a Professor of Journalism and Associate Dean at the University of Oklahoma in the United States. He is the author of Excellence in Online Journalism: Exploring Current Practices in an Evolving Environment and The Ethics of the Story: Using Narrative Techniques Responsibly in Journalism.
The best of the emergent literature on online journalism combines the applied and the theoretical, allowing readers to see the connections between abstract and concrete principles. By grounding the book in best practices, and by turning to a veritable Who's Who of commentators to examine the state of the art across so many aspects of online journalism, the editors assemble a timely, useful book of interest to practitioners, teachers and students. Lawrie and Craig, seasoned journalists as well as academics, walk the walk, and hence can talk the talk. -Charles N. Davis, Dean, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia