Journalism: Principles and Practice

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SAGE Publications, Apr 1, 2009 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 244 pages

This is the indispensable guide to the theory and practice of journalism, now updated with 20% entirely new material. With its innovative text design, it creatively combines the experience and advice of practicing journalists with the theories and insights from the academic study of journalism. This Second Edition thoroughly addresses the converged nature of much 21st century journalism, with discussion and examples of online practice embedded throughout to represent the reality that online journalism is increasingly part of the job for all journalists.

 

Contents

two constraints and influences on journalists
15
three what is news?
37
four where does news come from?
57
five the journalist as objective reporter
79
six the journalist as investigator
95
seven the journalist as entertainer
113
eight interviewing
125
nine writing news
141
ten writing features
155
eleven telling it in pictures
171
twelve style for journalists
187
the challenge for journalism
207
national union of journalists code of conduct
221
references and bibliography
223
index
239
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About the author (2009)

Tony Harcup is an Emeritus Fellow of the University of Sheffield whose writing about journalism can be found on reading lists around the world and has been translated into Chinese, Korean and Polish, among other languages. Before moving into journalism education, Tony spent many years working as a staff and freelance journalist on alternative and mainstream media ranging from small local weekly publications to national newspapers, magazines and websites. He has researched extensively in the fields of news values, journalistic ethics, alternative journalism and journalism education. His best-selling book Journalism: Principles and Practice (Sage, 2021) is now in its fourth edition, and his other titles include The Ethical Journalist (Sage, 2007) and What's the Point of News? (Palgrave, 2020).

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