This resource for students, professors, and professionals packs essential information into a small (5x8"), reader-friendly package. Briggs, previously a newspaper editor and now a technology consultant to publishers, provides a list of recommended blogs and web sites and suggests assignments like starting a Twitter account and reporting live from a news event using a cell phone. The section on basics provides an overview of how web servers and browsers work, and explains concepts of syndicated content, RSS feeds, blogging and microblogging, crowdsourcing, mobile journalism, and mobile publishing. The multimedia section gives instructions on choosing and using equipment for digital photography, audio, video, and podcasting, and disseminating multimedia stories. The section on editing and decision making outlines concepts of data-driven journalism, building communities online, and social media tools as distribution channels. Every chapter includes a profile of a journalist from a leading news organization. The book is illustrated with numerous b&w screenshots, photos of devices, and examples of real news web sites. Annotation ⓒ2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)