The Newspapers Handbook - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0415089905 ISBN 13 : 9780415089906

Editeur : Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

The Newspapers Handbook is the first comprehensive guide to the job of a newspaper reporter. It offers advice on developing sources of information, interviewing techniques and a range of different types of newspaper writing - such as hard news', features, profiles personal columns, human interest stories and arts reviews. The book looks at how events such as press conference, public meetings, demonstrations, fires and accidents are covered and shows why different reporting styles are appropriate to different kinds of newspaper. Richard Keeble also discusses the impact on the reporter's job of media ownership, censorship and self-censorship, new technology and new working practices. In addition, Henry Clother, David Northmore, and John Turner contribute specialist chapters on court reporting, investigative journalism and local government reporting. The Newspapers Handbook explores in a lively, challenging way, the theoretical, ethical and political dimensions of the journalist's job as well as its practical side. It will be essential reading for anyone studying or hoping to work in today's newspaper industry. The Newspapers Handbook includes - * Examples from working newspaper journalists about their working practices * An up-to-date guide to training and career opportunities * Working extracts throughout from a wide range of newspaper genres - national broadsheet dailies, tabloids, local papers and the alternative press

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Newspapers Handbook is the essential guide to working as a newspaper journalist. It examines the ever-changing, everyday skills of newspaper reporting and explores the theoretical, ethical, moral and political dimensions of a journalist's job.
The Newspapers Handbook encourages a critical approach to newspaper practice. Thoroughly rewritten for the third edition and using a range of new examples from tabloid and broadsheet newspapers, non-mainstream and local and regional publications, Richard Keeble examines key journalistic skills such as the art of interviewing, news reporting, reviewing, freelancing and feature writing. Newly updated chapters from Henry Clother, David Northmore and John Turner explore the specialisms of covering the courts, investigative journalism and local government reporting.
The Newspapers Handbook includes:
* Interviews with journalists about their working practices
* Examples of writing from a range of recent publications
* A guide to training and career opportunities
* The importance of new technologies for the newspaper industry
* An updated glossary of key terms and a revised bibliography.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Newspapers Handbook is the first comprehensive guide to the job of the newspaper reporter. It offers advice on a range of different types of newspaper writing, looks at how newspapers cover events and shows how reporting styles can differ in mainstream and non-mainstream newspapers. In this new edition, Richard Keeble explores the theoretical, moral and political dimensions of a journalist's job and examines changing newspaper ownership structures and recent ethical controversies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415089905
• ISBN 13: 9780415089906
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Keeble Richard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible