Wordpress for Journalists ─ From Plugins to Commercialization

Wordpress for Journalists presents an in-depth and accessible guide to working with the Wordpress platform to produce journalism today. Laura-Jane Filotranti gives readers expert guidance on the wide ranging technical and presentation possibilities Wordpress’s functionality offers to those creating news and other forms of journalism content, exploring set up, working with plugins, creating content and understanding the needs of users. Their also specific coverage the issues, challenges and best practice guidance around using social media platforms, live streaming and blogging, and how to monetize a Wordpress journalism site.

Laura-Jane Filotrani is Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University, UK. She teaches on the BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism, specialising on building sites in Wordpress and producing video, audio and text for digital journalism platforms. She is a former site editor for the Guardian, was responsible for creating and launching the multimedia microsite 'Careers Guardian'.