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Book Review on 'Digital Journalism' 

Mohammed Humayun Kabir | banglanews24.com
Update: 2023-02-23 12:04:22
Book Review on 'Digital Journalism' 

Sabuj Yunus is a very well-known Bangladeshi journalist. He has involved himself in a variety of works in addition to journalism. ‘Digital Journalism’ is a valuable write-up by Sabuj Yunus. He wrote the book using his intellect, understanding, prudence and wisdom.

The book ‘Digital Journalism’ is basically a picture of changes in journalism happened with the passage of time. It is a brief narration of technology is being used in the sector of online journalism.

Sabuj Yunus, a professional journalist, received the state prize for outstanding reporting in the energy and power sectors in 2012. Although his academic credential lists his name as Md. Yunus Ali, he is better recognized in the realm of literature and media as Sabuj Yunus. 

He is currently the Daily Samakal's Associate Editor. He was picked up to do his additional duty as In-charge of Samakal Online. Later, he went through online journalism. He earned a quite idea on digital journalism by reading a good number of books, articles, features and attending different seminar, symposiums and conferences. 

He attained a higher degree in Development Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communications (IIMC) in Delhi. He's also attended numerous trainings in this area both at home and abroad.  He now occasionally works as a journalism instructor for a variety of organizations.

Sabuj Yunus of Sujalpur village in Jessore district, who has spent over 30 years in media profession, has excellently portrayed the digital journalism in his book. The basics of internet journalism have been presented in this book in fluent and vivid language. 

The readers will get an overview on online journalism by reading the book of Sabuy Younus, who has an Honors and Master’s degrees in Bengali Literature from Dhaka University.

Journalism is a dynamic window onto the world. The book ‘Multimedia Journalism’ illuminates contemporary developments in journalism and provides a glimpse into the potential future of the field. The book is planned to unquestionably be regarded as a foundational text for journalists and journalism students.

The key subjects of contemporary journalism are online journalism, the use of mobile technology in journalism, and the mass distribution of news via social media. With these three components, journalism is developing and could soon take on a new format.

The nature and qualities of news, news senses, news values, news contents, news gathering techniques, etc., will always be the same regardless of the style of journalism. Therefore, these things that are covered in this book should first and foremost be known and comprehended.

Operations in the newsroom of an online newspaper are considerably dissimilar from those in other traditional media. The newsroom of a digital newspaper has many fresh additions and developments that are brilliantly described in this book. It is anticipated that the book would be very helpful to beginning journalists in helping them understand digital journalism.

One of the core subjects in journalism is news editing. Keeping in mind what must be done in newsroom editing, it is described in the book in very attractive, lucid, and interesting language.

The entire welfare of society, the state, the nation, and the global populace is served by journalism. Therefore, care should be made to ensure that those in this profession don't cause harm to anyone. Once more, the way in which this is handled depends on a set of standards known as journalistic principles. This book highlights a number of issues of journalistic ethics.

As technology has developed, new media has appeared in journalism. New kinds of new media include multimedia journalism, data journalism, podcast journalism, and mobile journalism. This book provides a concise introduction of the many new media forms. Reading the chapters will be extremely helpful for both media professionals and academics.

Without a doubt, journalism will transition to a new technology that is totally dependent on mobile technologies. Mobile journalism must be understood and utilized if journalism is to survive in the modern world. There isn't any other option. In light of this, the book briefly describes the key features of mobile journalism.

To comprehend the continual diversity, changes, and evolution of journalism, today's media professionals need to read ‘Digital Journalism.’ It is highly hoped that media professionals' careers will benefit from this book.

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